The SOCAR Marketing & Economic Operations Department has announced that Azerbaijani oil export in June 2014 fell by 5.7% versus June.
The SOCAR reports that in July it was exported 2.07 million tons of oil against 2.198 million tons in June, 1.907 million in May, and 2.412 million tons in April (this year’s still best level). In Q3 export still makes 2.07 million tons against 6.518 million in Q2 and 4.768 million tons in Q1 2014.
At that, 84,803 tons were exported via Baku-Novorossiysk, 334,805 tons via Baku-Supsa and 1.65 million tons via Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) n.a. Heydar Aliyev oil pipelines.
“This year it has been exported 14.347 million tons, including 593,025 tons via Baku-Novorossiysk, 1.787 million tons via Baku-Supsa and 11.967 million tons via BTC,” SOCAR informs.
In 2013 the export reached 24.225 million tons of oil, including 1.751 million tons via Baku-Novorossiysk, 2.725 million tons via Baku-Supsa and 19.748 million tons via BTC. The peak of export was recorded in February (2.31 million tons).
Over 2012 it was exported 25.006 million tons of oil, including 2.06 million tons via Baku-Novorossiysk, 2.7 million tons via Baku-Supsa and 20.199 million tons via BTC. The peak of export was recorded in July (2.361 million tons).
In 2011, export reached 27.609 million tons, including 2.57 million tons in June (the year’s month peak). In 2011 oil transportation via pipeline Baku-Novorossiysk totaled 1.988 million tons, Baku-Novorossiysk 2.65 million tons, and BTC 22.969 million tons.
In 2014 oil was not exported via Baku-Batumi railway by MEOD, the same as in 2009-2013.
SOCAR notes that the MEOD exports both its own oil and oil falling on the share of the government within PSA contracts.
