10.11.2022, 10:26
Kazakhstan intends to ship 1.5 million tons of oil via the Baku — Tbilisi — Ceyhan pipeline
Source: OREANDA-NEWS
OREANDA-NEWS Kazakhstan plans to ship 1.5 million tons of oil per year via the Baku—Tbilisi—Ceyhan oil pipeline. Deliveries are going to begin on January 1, 2023, TASS quotes the words of the Prime Minister of the republic Alikhan Smailov.
"We now have an agreement to ship 1.5 million tons of oil in this direction through Baku—Tbilisi—Ceyhan from January 1 next year," Smailov said.
According to him, in the future, the authorities of the republic intend to increase the supply capacity in this direction by more than four times. In the foreseeable future, it is planned to reach the level of shipment of about 6-6.5 million tons of oil.
The Baku—Tbilisi—Ceyhan pipeline is used to transport Caspian oil to the Turkish port located on the Mediterranean coast. The pipeline was opened in July 2006. The shareholders of the project are the international consortium BTC Co., which includes: BP, the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan, MOL, Equinor, ExxonMobil and other large oil and gas concerns.
On October 20, Reuters, citing sources, reported on the start of the use by the Kazakh authorities of alternative oil export routes bypassing Russia.
Thus, the oil company Total & Dunga plans to ship up to 200 thousand tons of oil through the Caspian port of Aktau to the Baku—Tbilisi—Ceyhan pipeline by the end of 2022. And the Kazakh-American united corporation Tengizchevroil plans to deliver 1 thousand tons of raw materials by rail to Finland in October.
"We now have an agreement to ship 1.5 million tons of oil in this direction through Baku—Tbilisi—Ceyhan from January 1 next year," Smailov said.
According to him, in the future, the authorities of the republic intend to increase the supply capacity in this direction by more than four times. In the foreseeable future, it is planned to reach the level of shipment of about 6-6.5 million tons of oil.
The Baku—Tbilisi—Ceyhan pipeline is used to transport Caspian oil to the Turkish port located on the Mediterranean coast. The pipeline was opened in July 2006. The shareholders of the project are the international consortium BTC Co., which includes: BP, the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan, MOL, Equinor, ExxonMobil and other large oil and gas concerns.
On October 20, Reuters, citing sources, reported on the start of the use by the Kazakh authorities of alternative oil export routes bypassing Russia.
Thus, the oil company Total & Dunga plans to ship up to 200 thousand tons of oil through the Caspian port of Aktau to the Baku—Tbilisi—Ceyhan pipeline by the end of 2022. And the Kazakh-American united corporation Tengizchevroil plans to deliver 1 thousand tons of raw materials by rail to Finland in October.
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