(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 11. KazTransOil,
national oil transporter in Kazakhstan, plans to make a test
shipment of 7,000 tons of oil from Kashagan field for export in the
Aktau Port for further delivery to Baku Port, trend reports via the
company.
As KazTransOil noted, the shipper of Kashagan oil is INPEX North
Caspian Sea, Ltd.
Meanwhile, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan
Roman Vasilenko said at yesterday's briefing that the
transportation of Kazakh oil through Azerbaijan will begin this
year.
'The transportation of Kazakh oil through in the direction of
Aktau - Baku will start in 2023,' he said.
Earlier, Alikhan Smailov, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, said
that Kazakhstan will begin transportation of 1.5 million tons of
oil through Azerbaijan in early 2023.
'We now have an agreement to transport 1.5 million tons of oil
through Baku - Tbilisi - Ceyhan from January 1, 2023. At the same
time, we envisage a further growth to 6-6.5 million tons. Pilot
shipments by rail towards Batumi and Uzbekistan have already begun,
while the number of tank cars was doubled,' Smailov said.
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