The volume of crude oil of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) exported through the Baku-Novorossiysk pipeline in January-February 2013 reached more than 251,000 metric tons, or shrank by 81,112 tonnes as compared to the same period a year before, 1news.az reports citing the SOCAR statistics.
In January, crude oil shipments by SOCAR via Novorossiysk totaled 2,620 mt, in February – 251,750 mt.
In 2012, the Company exported through the pipeline 2.06 million tonnes, or 76,000 mt more than a year earlier.