KazTransOil JSC (a subsidiary of NC KazMunaiGas JSC) for 11 months of 2023 exported from the port of Aktau 3 million 62 thousand tons of Kazakh oil, which is 1 million 14 thousand tons, or 50% more compared to the same period last year.
The increase in the volume of transportation of Kazakh oil for export from the port of Aktau is due to the growth in the volume of raw materials shipped in the direction of the port of Baku, from 205 thousand tons to 1 million 238 thousand tons, which is 6 times more than in the same period of 2022. In addition, in the reporting period, 1 million 824 thousand tons of oil was shipped from Aktau port to Makhachkala port.
In 2022, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kasym-Jomart Tokayev instructed to increase the volume of oil transportation along the Trans-Caspian corridor. In accordance with this order JSC NC KazMunayGas and the state oil company of the Republic of Azerbaijan SOCAR signed an agreement providing for the transportation of 1.5 million tons of oil per year from the Tengiz field in the direction of the pipeline “Baku – Tbilisi – Ceyhan.