KazTransOil announces about completion of construction of connecting pipeline to Kenkiyak-Atyrau oil pipeline

18.06.20 11:18
/KASE, June 18, 2020/ – KazTransOil (Nur-Sultan), whose shares are officially listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), has provided KASE with the following press release of June 18, 2020: quote The first launch complex of the Kenkiyak-Atyrau oil pipeline reverse project was put into operation at the Oil Pumping Station named after N. Shmanov. The General Director of "KazTransOil" JSC, Dimash Dossanov, took part remotely in the presentation of the commissioning of two-line connecting pipeline from the N. Shmanov Oil Pumping Station to the Kenkiyak-Atyrau oil pipeline. "The country leaders has set us the task of timely commissioning the reverse project of the Kenkiyak-Atyrau oil pipeline, the implementation of which will increase the pipeline's capacity to 6 million tons per year. We need to make every effort to complete the construction by the end of this year", - said Dimash Dossanov during an online broadcast. Reverse project is one of the stages of construction and development of the Kazakhstan-China oil pipeline system. Now the Kenkiyak-Atyrau pipeline is used to supply crude oil in the western direction. After the reverse is completed, it will be possible to connect more West Kazakhstan fields with the country's refineries: PetroKazakhstan oil products LLP and Pavlodar Petrochemical Plant, as well as with the export routs (by Atasu-Alashankou oil pipeline, railroad tank loading terminal at the Shagyr Oil Pumping Station). unquote The complete press release is available on KASE website: - https://kase.kz/files/emitters/KZTO/kzto_reliz_180620_kz.pdf – in Kazakh; - https://kase.kz/files/emitters/KZTO/kzto_reliz_180620_1.pdf – in Russian; - https://kase.kz/files/emitters/KZTO/kzto_reliz_180620_en.pdf – in English. [2020-06-18]