The volume of transshipment of oil from the Tengiz oil field through Georgian Batumi Oil Terminal in January 2023 amounted to 82.5 thousand tons, reads an official statement of KazTransOil, the national oil transporter in Kazakhstan accounting to 53% of all oil transported in the country.
"Transshipment of oil from the Tengiz oil field through the Batumi Oil Terminal LLC (BOT) is bound by the contract signed in 2022 for a period of up to April 30, 2023," the company states.
Batumi Oil Terminal LLC is a subsidiary organization of KazTransOil JSC (100% stake). The production assets in Georgia are operated through the Batumi oil terminal.
According to KazTransOil, the volume of transshipment of oil, oil products and gas through the BOT in 2022 amounted to 1 927 000 tons, which is 603 000 tons more than in 2021.
In addition, the company said it plans to transport 20 thousand tons of Kazakh oil in February through the Druzhba oil pipeline to the Adamova Zastava oil delivery point for further delivery to Germany.
While summing up the production results for 2022, the company said "the oil transportation volume through the main oil pipelines system of KazTransOil JSC amounted to 40 656 000 tons of oil, which is 568 000 tons less than in 2021."
