Azerbaijan's nine — month oil exports via the BTC pipeline fell 8.3%, data shows

(.) BAKU, Oct 16 (Reuters) — Azerbaijan's oil exports via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline fell 8.3% to 18.9 million metric tons in the nine months to September 30, official data showed on Friday. The BTC pipeline, which runs through Georgia to Turkey, is used to export oil from the Azeri, Chirag and Guneshli oilfields operated by BP. Azerbaijan's total oil transit amounted to 24.6 million tons in the first nine months of 2026, with 76.6% shipped via the BTC pipeline, according to the country's statistics committee. Transit oil volumes from Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan shipped via the BTC pipeline rose to 3.4 million tons over the nine month period, against 3.164 million tons a year earlier, the data showed. (Reporting by Nailia Bagirova Editing by Andrew Osborn) ((mailto:nailia.bagirova@thomsonreuters.com; +994503129362;)