The recent events in Turkey have not affected the operation of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline and the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum gas pipeline (South Caucasus Pipeline), says BP Azerbaijan, operator of pipelines in Azerbaijan and Georgia. “The events in Turkey have not had an impact on BP operations in that country”, the company said. “Oil pumping via…
2143 thousands tons of Azerbaijani oil were delivered from Ceyhan Port to the world market in June (1424 thousands tons of this volume was the oil of the State Oil Fund of the Republic of Azerbaijan). 14774660 tons of oil was exported from Ceyhan in January-June this year. In general, 305.96 million tons of Azerbaijani…
Ukraine has increased gas imports from Hungary by 60%, to 1.6 million cubic meters per day, according to Ukraine’s gas transmission system operator Ukrtransgaz. Ukraine will be able to use money allocated by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to purchase gas starting from July 20. (Ukrinform/Business World Magazine)
Presidents of Azerbaijan and Ukraine Ilkham Aliyev and Pyotr Poroshenko have discussed potential resumption of works within the Odessa-Brody pipeline project, Aliyev said at a joint press conference with Poroshenko. “We’ve discussed the Odessa-Brody project and gave instructions to resume the project”, he said, adding that the project “is creating good opportunities.” The Odessa-Brody pipeline…
Transneft Siberia held an emergency response drill to verify readiness for, and to train employees in actions in case of containment of an emergency oil spill to water surface in summer. The drills were held in the underwater crossing over three oil trunk pipelines via the Duvan River in Tyumen Region. Emergency line maintenance divisions…
The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) has signed a basic non-disclosure agreement with Russia’s state-owned energy giant Zarubezhneft over two oil fields in the western Iran, NIOC said in a statement. Under the agreement, the Russian company will study West Paydar and Aban oil fields and present its proposals to increase the recovery rate of…
Ukraine’s Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has held a meeting with the leadership of the U.S. Department of Energy regarding the direction of deepening cooperation in the energy sector. “The energy sector reform is now one of the priorities for the government. The tasks on the agenda are as follows: to open access to the energy…