BAKU, Azerbaijan, Apr.14
By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:
Kazakhstan’s revenue from the product transportation via pipelines amounted to 351.1 billion tenge ($810.8 million) over the period from January through March 2021, which is 20.1 percent less than during the same period of 2020, Trend reports with reference to Kazakhstan’s Statistics Committee.
The revenue for Mar. 2021 amounted to 115.1 billion tenge ($265.9 million), which is 17.1 percent less compared to Mar. 2020.
The volume transported during the reporting period amounted to 64.1 million tons, which is 10.2 percent less compared to the same period of last year (21.03 million in Mar. 2021, 7.3 percent less compared to Mar. 2020)
Cargo turnover amounted to 32.6 billion ton-kilometers which is 5.5 percent less than during the same period of last year. The cargo turnover for Mar. 2021 stood at 10.9 billion t-km, which is 2.7 percent more compared to the same month of 2020.
The majority of the products transported via pipelines accounted for the Atyrau region of the country, i.e. 19.8 million tons over three months of 2021, which is 15.8 percent less compared to the same period last year (6.8 million tons in Mar. 2021, 19 percent less year-on-year).
Kazakhstan’s largest oil pipeline company is KazTransOil, which provides services on oil transportation on the domestic market and for export.
The company is an owner of the largest network of main oil pipelines and water lines in the country, the total length of which amounts to 5,376 km of oil pipelines and 1,975 km of water pipeline.
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