BAKU: Azeri oil exports through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline via Georgia and Turkey fell 2.9 percent year-on-year in January 2019 to 2.813 million tonnes, the State Statistics Committee said on Monday.

The BTC pipeline is used to export oil from the Azeri, Chirag and Guneshli (ACG) oilfields operated by BP.

Azeri oil exports via the BTC rose 0.2 percent in 2018 to 33.827 million tonnes.

Azerbaijan's total oil exports last year amounted to 41.490 million tonnes, and 81.5 percent of that was exported via the BTC. Oil from Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Russia is also exported through the BTC pipeline.

Azerbaijan also exports oil via Russia through the Baku-Novorossiisk pipeline and via Georgia by rail and through the Baku-Supsa pipeline.