BTC carries nearly 500 million tons of oil 

Since the 1,768 km BTC pipeline became operational in June 2006 till the end of the second quarter of 2021, it carried a total of 3.66 billion barrels (more than 488 million tonnes) of crude oil loaded on 4,796 tankers and sent to world markets, BP-Azerbaijan told Report.

In the first half, around 99 million barrels (more than 13 million tonnes) of BTC-exported crude oil was lifted at Ceyhan loaded on 137 tankers.