Oil from Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline will reach Ceyhan terminal in March

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Oil pumped in May 2005 at Sangachal terminal (Azerbaijan) in the main Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline will reach Ceyhan (Turkey) terminal in March. The official opening of the Turkish section of the pipeline will be conducted after the arrival of oil and loading of first tanker with it, a REGNUM correspondent has been informed in the Azerbaijani International Operation Company.

Currently, tests are conducted at Ceyhan terminal, and after them it will be completely ready to receive oil. To fill 1768 kilometers of the pipeline from Sangachal to Ceyhan at the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, 10 million barrels of oil are required.

5 million barrels of oil previously pumped in the pipeline are now approaching the Turkish section of the pipeline (1070 km). Ceyhan terminal consists of 7 oil reservoirs and a 2 km berth, where two tankers (with displacement worth 300 thousand tons) can load oil simultaneously.