Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 16

18-April-2005

CASPIAN

Central Azeri Output Prompts AIOC To Cover All Export Options

The BP-led Azerbaijan International Operating Company (AIOC) is to use every export option available, with production from the Central Azeri, which began in mid-February, pushing output to more than 220,000 b/d. As a stop-gap measure before the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) crude pipeline comes into operation later this year, the consortium plans in June to start shipping...