Kaztransoil Names Volume Of Oil Transported In Direction Of Baku In 5M2024
Date
7/7/2024 11:48:08 PM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 8. Kazakhstan's
KazTransOil (the national operator of the main oil pipeline)
transported over 500,000 tons of oil in the direction of Baku from
January through May 2024, a source at KazTransOil told Trend .
"From January through May 2024, 577,500 tons of oil from the
Tengiz field were transported through the port of Aktau in the
direction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline," the source
said.
According to the company, there are no changes in plans for
transportation volumes at the end of 2024.
"Over the entire year 2024, it is planned to transport up to 1.5
million tons of oil through the port of Aktau in the direction of
the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline. KazTransOil supplies oil in
accordance with the oil transportation schedule. This schedule is
approved by the Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan based on
applications from shippers," the source added.
To note, at the end of 2023, the loading of oil into tankers in
the port of Aktau using the facilities of KazTransOil amounted to
3.376 million tons, including 1.057 million tons in the
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan direction.
Meanwhile, in 2022, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart
Tokayev issued an order to enhance the amount of oil transported
through the Trans-Caspian corridor. The State Oil Company of the
Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) and KazMunayGas, the country's oil and
gas company, signed an agreement allowing for the transportation of
up to 1.5 million tons of oil annually from the Tengiz field in the
direction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline in compliance
with this directive.
In addition, during the visit of President of Kazakhstan
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to Azerbaijan on March 11–12, KazMunayGas and
SOCAR signed an agreement to increase the volume of oil transported
via the BTC to 2.2 million tons per year.
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