Ceyhan loadings of BTC pipeline oil could begin within two days, sources say

Türkiye’s Ceyhan port could resume loading oil from the
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline in one or two days using
“manual” procedures, a Turkish official and a shipping source said
on Saturday, Trend
reports citing Reuters.

The terminal, on Türkiye’s Mediterranean coast, was damaged in
the devastating earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria on
Monday.

It is the storage and loading point for the BTC pipeline which
carries oil from Azerbaijan as well as the Kirkuk pipeline from
Iraq.

The Kirkuk pipeline resumed flows on Tuesday evening and a
tanker docked at Ceyhan to load that day. A third tanker loaded on
Friday.

The control room for BTC pipeline loadings there was damaged,
the Turkish official said, but added loadings were expected to
resume “manually” while the control room is repaired.

Loadings could begin within a day or two days, a shipping source
said, quoting information received from the terminal.

An official and an industry source had said on Friday that
damage assessment and repairs were underway at Ceyhan and that
exports from the BTC pipeline could resume from Sunday unless
problems were found.