BTC CONSTRUCTION IN GEORGIA 74% COMPLETE
Construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline in the Georgian territory is 74% complete.
A construction corridor has been prepared on 245 out of 249 kilometers of the Georgian section of the pipeline and 220 km of pipes welded. An area covering 160 km has been trenched, 142 km lowered in the ground, 125 km of pipes backfilled, and 55 km of land reinstated, BP Azerbaijan said.
The BTC construction is currently 75% complete.
443 km of the 1768km-long pipeline goes through Azerbaijan, 249km through Georgia and 1076km via Turkey.
The annual capacity of the pipeline with the projected cost of $2.95 billion is 50 million tons.
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