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Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline
Ceyhan, Turkey36.87°N 35.80°E
computed criticality28/100
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≈1 Mb/d of Caspian crude bypassing Russia and Hormuz
2024Energy throughput≈ 620,000 barrels/day (2023)
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Accumulated at the measured rate since 1 January 2024 · 2023, bp Azerbaijan (227 million barrels lifted at Ceyhan)
What passes hereThe main export artery for Azerbaijani crude to the Mediterranean, bypassing Russia and the Turkish straits. It also carries Kazakh crude.
The chokepointCapacity of 1.2 million barrels/day over 1,768 km. 2023 flows ran at about 52% of capacity.
If it closesBaku-Novorossiysk via Russia, Baku-Supsa in Georgia, and rail. These routes have far lower capacity.
Illustrative counter: it extrapolates the measured average rate, it is not a live feed.Source : bp Azerbaijan, résultats 2023 ↗
Fault line
The one major route taking Caspian oil out without crossing Russia or the Strait of Hormuz. Its Ceyhan terminal is a strategic node of the Caucasus.
Sources
bp ; IEA 2024