In January 2024, volume of Kazakh oil exports through port of Aqtau amounted to 287 th. tons

09.02.24 14:34
/KASE, February 9, 2024/ – KazTransOil JSC (Astana), whose shares are officially listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), has provided KASE with the following press release dated February 9, 2024: quote In January 2024, the volume of transportation of Kazakh oil from the port of Aktau for export amounted to 287 thousand tons, which is 76 thousand tons more compared to the same period last year. In particular, the volume of oil transportation towards the port of Baku from the port of Aktau increased by 60 thousand tons and amounted to 116 thousand tons. 171 thousand tons of Kazakh oil were shipped towards the port of Makhachkala from the port of Aktau, which is 17 thousand tons more compared to the same figure for January 2023. In 2022, the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev ordered to increase the volume of oil transportation along the Trans-Caspian corridor. In accordance with this instruction, JSC NC KazMunayGas and the state oil company of the Republic of Azerbaijan SOCAR entered into an agreement providing for the transportation of 1.5 million tons of oil per year from the Tengiz field in the direction of the oil pipeline "Baku – Tbilisi – Ceyhan". unquote The complete press release is available on: - https://kase.kz/files/emitters/KZTO/kzto_reliz_090224_kz.pdf – in Kazakh; - https://kase.kz/files/emitters/KZTO/kzto_relizs_090224.pdf – in Russian; - https://kase.kz/files/emitters/KZTO/kzto_reliz_090224_en.pdf – in English. [2024-02-09]