BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 27. KazTransOil, the national oil transporter of Kazakhstan, will transit 25,000 tons of Russian oil via its pipeline system to Uzbekistan, Trend reports, citing KazTransOil.
The transit route starts in Russian Omsk, followed by two transit stops in Kazakhstan - Pavlodar and Shymkent before reaching Shagyr loading facility. The oil from Russia will be then transported to Uzbekistan via railroad tanks.
The transit route and the volume of oil to be transported have already been confirmed by the Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan.
Meanwhile, earlier KazTransOil revealed that in total 20,000 tons of Kazakh oil will be transported to Azerbaijan in March. The volume of Kazakh oil to be sent to Azerbaijan in April will reach 125,000 tons.
KazTransOil is an oil pipeline company of the Republic of Kazakhstan that provides services for the transportation of oil to the domestic market, for transit, and for export. KazTransOil is a public company, 90 percent of which ordinary shares belong to KazMunayGas, and 10 percent of ordinary shares minus 1 share are under the control of minority shareholders.