The 25 May inaugural ceremony was attended by Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, US Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman and the chief executive of British Petroleum (BP), Lord John Browne.
Svečanom otvaranju naftovoda 25. maja prisustvovali su turski predsednik Ahmet Nedžet Sezer, azerbejdžanski predsednik Ilham Alijev, predsednik Gruzije Mikeil Sakašvili, predsednik Kazahstana Nursultan Nazarbajev, američki sekretar za energetiku Semjuel Bodman i generalni direktor Britiš Petroleuma (BP), lord Džon Braun.