The Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Artur Rasizade and Energy Minister Natig Aliyev will represent Azerbaijan at the ceremony.
The base of the east-west energy corridor begins from Baku-Supsa oil export pipelines. The Baku–Supsa Pipeline is an 833-kilometre (518 mi) long oil pipeline, which runs from the Sangachal Terminal near Baku to the Supsa terminal in Georgia. It transports oil from the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli field. The preparations for the pipeline`s construction started in 1994. On 8 March 1996, President of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev and President of Georgia Eduard Shevardnadze agreed on the establishment of Baku–Supsa pipeline. The trilateral contract was signed between Azerbaijan International Operating Company, SOCAR and the Government of Georgia
On 17 April 1999, the inauguration ceremony of the Supsa Oil Terminal took place. The total costs of the construction of the pipeline and terminal were US$556 million.Baku-Supsa oil pipeline is the world`s first terminal that guarantee the international energy security.
Turkan Mammadli
AzVision.az
Azerbaijani Prime Minister Artur Rasizade visits Georgia
13 May 2016
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A ceremony dedicated to the 20th of east-west energy corridir will be held in Tbilisi, Georgia on May 15, the Ministry of Energy told AzVision.az.
