Sangachal terminal exports some 78 mln barrels of crude

Baku, May 18 (AZERTAC). During the first quarter of 2011, oil and gas from Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli and Shah Deniz continued to flow via subsea pipelines to the Sangachal terminal.

The capacity of the terminal`s overall processing systems is currently 1.2 million barrels of oil and 25.5 million cubic metres of Shah Deniz gas per day (about 39.5 million cubic metres in total) per day.

Gas is exported via the South Caucasus Pipeline (SCP) and via a SOCAR gas pipeline connecting the terminal`s gas processing facilities and Azerigas`s national grid system.

During the first quarter of 2011 the Sangachal Terminal exported about 78 million barrels of oil (including 68.7 million barrels through Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC), 7.5 million barrels through the western route export pipeline and 1.8 million barrels through rail). On average about 16.2 million standard cubic metres (about 571.5 million standard cubic feet) of Shah Deniz gas was exported from the terminal daily during the first quarter.