BAKU, Feb 10 (Reuters) - British oil major BP said onMonday it had restored gas exports from Azerbaijan to Turkey ata normal rate after a drop due to technical problems at theterminal which began on Friday.
"All technical problems at the terminal are solved," saidTamam Bayatly, spokeswoman for BP-Azerbaijan.
"Gas is now exported to Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan underinternational contracts."
BP is a technical operator for the Shah Deniz gas andcondensate field in Azerbaijan. It ships natural gas to Turkeyvia Georgia through the South Caucasus Pipeline, also known asthe Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum Pipeline.
Export volumes dropped on Friday as a result of technicalproblems at the Sangachal terminal.
The pipeline is more than 700 kilometres (400 miles) long.The gas produced at the offshore Shah Deniz field, the biggestin Azerbaijan, is supplied to Georgia and Turkey, whileAzerbaijan also purchases some.
Gas exports via the pipeline, which has an annual capacityof more than 8 billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas, rose to 4.7bcm in 2013, up from 4 bcm exported in 2012.
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