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BAKU-SUPSA PIPELINE TURNS 5

23.03.2004 [17:30]
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The 833-km western export pipeline Baku-Supsa beginning from the Baku terminal Sangachal and ending at the Supsa terminal of the Black Sea coast of Georgia consists of six pumping and two pressure stations.

The first oil was pumped into the pipe on December 10, 1998 and it reached the destination on March 11, 1999. The first tanker was dispatched from Supsa in late March.

Since launching, the personnel has not made any mistakes and missed a working day.

Hitherto, 200 million barrels of crude have been exported through the pipeline whose throughput runs out at 200 million barrels a day. In total, 216 tankers were sent to world markets including 32 tankers with profitable oil of Azerbaijan. The personnel consist of Azerbaijani and Georgian citizens. They safely ensured the shipping of Caspian oil to world markets, vice-president of BP-Azerbaijan on Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli operations Nil McKlieri.