Baku:In the first nine months of this year, 18,856.8 thousand tons of oil were transported through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil export pipeline, as reported by the State Statistical Committee to APA-Economics.

According to Azeri-Press news agency, the BTC pipeline accounted for 76.6% of the oil transported through Azerbaijan's main oil pipelines during this period. Of the total oil transported via the BTC pipeline, 82% (15,456.1 thousand tons) originated from Azerbaijan, while 18% (3,400.7 thousand tons) was received from Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan.

Last year, a total of 36,306.2 thousand tons of oil were transported through Azerbaijan's oil pipelines, marking a 6.3% decrease compared to the previous year. Of this, 74.9% was transported via the BTC pipeline, amounting to 27,179.2 thousand tons, which was a 7.8% reduction from the year before. During that period, 84.8% or 23,056.9 thousand tons of the oil transported through the BTC was produced in Azerbaijan, a decrease of 4.6%, while 15.2% or 4,122.3 thousand tons was sourced from Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan, which was down by 22.2%.