BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 7
By Jeila Aliyeva - Trend:
The transit of oil from Turkmenistan through the territory of Russia amounted to 2.1 million tons from January through November, Trend reports with reference to the Business Turkmenistan information portal.
Only in November of this year, more than 160,000 tons of Turkmen oil were sent through Russia.
In general, in Russia from January through November 2020, oil production with gas condensate decreased in annual terms by 8.4 percent to 470.2 million tons.
The transit of Turkmenistan's oil through Russia amounted to 1.3 million tons from January through June 2020.
The volume of export of Turkmen oil to the countries outside the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) through the trunk oil pipeline of Russia’s Transneft PJSC amounted to 2 million tons in 2019.
It is planned to transport 488.5 million tons of oil via Transneft trunk oil pipelines in 2020.
Turkmenistan’s oil export through Russia renewed after a two-year hiatus at the beginning of 2019.
In general, about 10 million tons of oil are produced annually in Turkmenistan, the bulk of which is refined at local enterprises.
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