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Oil to reach the second pumping station in Turkey through BTC

10 February 2006 [18:11] - TODAY.AZ
The Azerbaijan oil will reach the second pumping station, located in Pasinler, Erzerum area, Turkey, through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline, on February 15.

As Trend informs, 99.77% of the construction works on the pipeline's Turkish section have been finished by 1 February 2006.

It should be noted, the Azerbaijan oil crossed the Georgian-Turkish border on November 17, 2005 and one day later it reached the first pumping station 108 km to the state border.

Along with this, construction works on the third pumping station are still going on.

The 2.5-km oil terminal in the port of Ceyhan is also ready for operation. The terminal is designed for loading of 2 tankers simultaneously.

It should be noted, 8 pumping stations, 3 purification and 100 filling stations operate along the entire pipeline.

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