Baku–Batumi oil route

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The Baku–Batumi oil route was a major late-19th and early-20th century pipeline and transport corridor carrying Caspian oil from Baku to the Black Sea port of Batumi, playing a key role in the early global oil trade.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical infrastructure project
oil transport corridor
pipeline
carried crude oil
kerosene
commodity Caspian crude oil
connects Baku NERFINISHED
Batumi NERFINISHED
country Russian Empire
economicImpact contributed to Russian Empire export revenues
stimulated regional trade in the Caucasus
endPoint Batumi Black Sea port NERFINISHED
follows Caspian Sea to Black Sea axis
hasComponent pipeline segments
rail links
storage facilities at Batumi
historicalEra industrialization era
inception late 19th century
industry oil industry
influenced development of Batumi as an oil port
growth of Baku oil industry
locatedIn South Caucasus
locatedInPresentDay Azerbaijan NERFINISHED
Georgia NERFINISHED
notableFor early long-distance oil transportation
integration of pipeline, rail, and sea transport
partOf early global petroleum infrastructure
peakUse early 20th century
portServed Port of Batumi NERFINISHED
purpose export Caspian oil to world markets
regionServed Caspian oil fields NERFINISHED
seaAccess Black Sea NERFINISHED
significance key route in early global oil trade
major export route for Caspian oil
startingSea Caspian Sea NERFINISHED
startPoint Baku oil fields NERFINISHED
status historical route
terminusA Baku NERFINISHED
terminusB Batumi NERFINISHED
usedFor supplying European markets with oil
supplying Mediterranean markets with oil
usesTransportMode pipeline
railway
tanker shipping

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Branobel transportHub Baku–Batumi oil route