AZERBAIJAN-GEORGIA-TURKEY (AGT) PIPELINES PROJECT
AZERBAIJAN, GEORGIA, TURKEY
The second longest crude oil pipeline in the world
The AGT Pipelines Project comprises two pipelines laid into the same 44-metre wide corridor: the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline (BTC) and the South Caucasus Gas Pipeline (SCP) from an expanded terminal at Sangachal on the Caspian Sea in Azerbaijan, through Georgia to the Turkish port city of Ceyhan.The AGT Pipelines Project comprises two pipelines laid into the same 44-metre wide corridor: the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline (BTC) and the South Caucasus Gas Pipeline (SCP) from an expanded terminal at Sangachal on the Caspian Sea in Azerbaijan, through Georgia to the Turkish port city of Ceyhan.
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