Azerbaijan increased the transport of natural gas through its main gas pipelines by 12.2 percent year-on-year in January, bringing the volume to 3.5 billion cubic meters, Azertag has reported.

The price of Azeri LT CIF Augusta, produced at the Azeri-Chirag-Deepwater Gunashli (ACG) field, increased by 53 cents on Feb.12 compared to the previous price, making up $62.77 per barrel, Trend reports with reference to the source from the country's oil and gas market.

The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline that takes Azerbaijani oil to Europe, exported more than 27.8 million tons of crude oil loaded on 278 tankers at Ceyhan terminal in 2020, BP Azerbaijan has said in its annual report.

Over 3.5 billion barrels of oil have been dispatched from Turkey’s Ceyhan terminal since the commissioning of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline in 2006 that takes Azerbaijan's energy resources to the European markets.

Baku- Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline exported about 21.4 million tons of crude oil loaded on 214 tankers at Ceyhan terminal, during the first three quarters of 2020, BP Azerbaijan has reported.

Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani has said that the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline must not be damaged amid the ongoing military clashes between Azerbaija and Armenia.

By launching artillery shelling on the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, Armenia has shown that it is a real threat to the energy security of Europe, the Turkish government told Trend

It is essential that the military activities not to have any impact on the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline, as it is a strategic facility for the region and beyond, said Georgian Foreign Minister Davit Zalkaliani, Trend reports via Georgian media.

Armenia, grossly violating the norms and principles of international law, including the 1949 Geneva Convention "On the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflicts" and additional protocols to it, continues to terrorize the civilian population, the Azerbaijani General Prosecutor's Office told Trend on Oct. 7.

By targeting Azerbaijan's oil and gas infrastructure, Armenia poses a serious threat not only to Azerbaijan, but to European Union's energy security, a representative of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR), Ibrahim Ahmadov said on .