Do you have a link on this? I had heard that the pipeline builders refused to build a spur to also include Russian oil.
You’re correct in that they (present owners) didn’t want to tie into the Russian system. They (Russia) were offered a minority stake in the BTC but it was to remain strictly independent of existing Russian resources. My understanding is that BP owns 30%, along with ownership by Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey along with Israel. Israel importing some of the oil for their use from Ceyhan on the Med then transporting to Ashkelon where they use some for domestic purposes and then trnasport some out of their Red Sea Port at Eilat further east.
The article I read describing this arrangement was here at FR when the invasion occurred. I’ve searched but can’t find the specific article.