Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) Caspian Pipeline
Key Data:
Name
Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline
Operator
BP
Countries
Azerbaijan-Turkey
Cost
$3.7 billion
First oil
Late 2005
Throughput
One million barrels per day
Design life
40 years
Length
1,768km (1,100 miles)
Countries
Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey (new branch to Kazakhstan)
Max. altitude
2,830m (9,300ft)
Joints
150,000
Joint length
12m
Diameter
1,070mm, 1,170mm, 1,070mm, 865mm
Weight
655,000t
Fields
Azeri Chirag and Gunashli
Reserves
In excess of 4.5 billion barrels
Wax content
8% to 14%
Pumping stations
8
Block valves
101
Valve weight
30t
Line burial depth
1m to 10m
Working corridor
30m wide (44m near the SCP line)
Crossings
3,000 roads, railways and utility lines, 1,500 watercourses
Key Players:
Contractors
BOTAS Petroleum Pipeline Corporation, Kvaerner (now known as John Brown Hydrocarbons), Consolidated Contractors International (CCIC), Spie Capag, Petrofac
Finance
The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development, the International Finance Corporation, the World Bank's private-sector arm
