Half a million tons of Azerbaijani oil went through Russia

SOCAR in January-July 2021 exported Baku-Novorossiysk 583.29 thousand tons of oil on the oil pipeline.

This is reported by Turan with reference to the summary of the “Central Dispatch Control of the Fuel and Energy Complex” (“CDA TEK”).

“In the system of Transneft, the transit of oil from Azerbaijan to the port of Novorossiysk in January-July 2021 amounted to 583.29 thousand tons. At the same time, in July, oil exports on this route amounted to 84.74 thousand tons”, – Notes in data.

Compared to January-July last year, the volume of exports of Azerbaijani oil in Baku – Novorossiysk increased 19.7 times. Transneft and Socar at the end of January signed a contract for pumping through the oil pipeline Baku – Novorossiysk in 2021 more than 1 million tons of oil.

According to CDA TEK, SOCAR in 2020 exported to Baku-Novorossiysk 613.29 thousand tons of oil.

Azerbaijan transports its oil through the Baku pipeline – Novorossiysk since 1997.