SOCAR starts Kazakhstan's oil exports via BTC

SOCAR starts Kazakhstan's oil exports via BTC
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The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) has started the transit of crude oil from Kazakhstan's Kashagan field through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline.

The first batch of oil from the Kashagan field, loaded on a tanker in the port of Aktau on January 25 and arrived at Sangachal terminal after two days. According to SOCAR press-release, about 6,000 tonnes were shipped by “Taraz” tanker, operated by KazMorTransFlot.

According to the agreement between “SOCAR Midstream Operations LLC”, a subsidiary of SOCAR, and “KMG Trading”, a subsidiary of KazMunaiGas (KMG) signed on January 15, 2025 and aimed at ensuring a transit of 240,000 tonnes of Kashagan oil per year.

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