The event devoted to the 20th jubilee of the East-West energy corridor took place in Tbilisi yesterday.
The ceremony was devoted to beginning of the Baku-Supsa oil pipeline construction, which was designed to export Azerbaijani oil from the Chirag field by the Azerbaijan International Oil Consortium (AIOC) to the world markets.
The Azeri side was represented at the event by Premier Artur Rasizada and Energy Minister Natig Aliyev.
Since its launching till now 76.3 million tons of Azeri Light oil brand has been exported via the Baku-Supsa pipeline.
* The Baku-Supsa pipeline is 827 km long and its diameter is 530 mm. The pipeline was launched on April 17, 1999.—0—
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