VOL. XLII

No. 23

7-June-1999

FSU

Azerbaijan Blend Averages 105,000 B/D In May

The Azerbaijan International Operating Company (AIOC) now operated by its largest shareholder BP Amoco produced 105,000 b/d of Azerbaijan Blend crude in May, MEES learns. Around 80% of the volume was exported through the newly inaugurated western pipeline linking Baku with the Georgian Black Sea port of Supsa (MEES, 26 April). Since this crude is the only stream carried in this pipeline, purchasers in Mediterranean...