NOTC KazTransOil CJSC informed of first quarter 2001 achievments

/IRBIS, July 12, 01/ - In first quarter of 2001, being an authorized by the Government of Kazakhstan operator of Kazakhstani oil transit on export routes through trunk pipelines, NOTC KazTransOil CJSC pumped 7,140.9 th. tons of oil (5,229.5 th. tons in similar period of 2000) through Atyrau- Samara pipeline. Besides, 616 th. tons of Kazakhstani oil was shipped through Aktau sea port for further transportation through Makhachkala- Tikhoretsk-Novorossiisk pipeline. It is said that it became possible only by introducing a system of a united routing of the Kazakhstani oil exports in 2001, which allowed to regulate pumping modes and oil flows. In first quarter about 1,200 th. tons of oil was transported each month through Samara transit point. In May 2001 maximum volume of oil was transported since the putting into service the export route - 1,271.9 th. tons. In 2001 KazTransOil CJSC, as a single operator, developed and implemented two new routes for transporting Aktobe oil, which allowed to supply oil from Janajol and Kenkyak fields through oil platform Bestamak and then through Atyrau-Samara and Aktau-Makhachkala-Novorossiisk routes to the world markets. Till the end of this year the company plans to pump about 13m tons of oil (11.7m tons in 2000) through Atyrau-Samara pipeline. It also plans to increase oil supplies through Makhachkala-Tikhretsk-Novorossiisk route up to 1,200 th. tons (in 2000 from Aktau port 299.4 th. tons of oil was shipped through this route).