Kazakhstan to send oil to Germany via Russian pipeline

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Kazakhstan has received approval from Russia to use its pipeline infrastructure to ship 300,000 tons of oil to buyers in Germany in the first quarter of this year, a state-owned company announced Jan. 13.

Kaztransoil, a state-owned oil transport company, said in its statement that oil from the Karachaganak box in western Kazakhstan will be pumped through Russia’s Druzhba pipeline and delivered to Poland via Belarus before reaching Germany.

Deliveries in January will amount to 20,000 tonnes.

Kazakhstan’s Energy Minister Bolat Akchulakov recently told reporters that Kazakhstan plans to export 1. 5 million tons to Germany Russia in 2023, but that this volume may be higher than 7 million tons.

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Russia’s approval, however, is far from guaranteed. The oil that Germany buys from Kazakhstan aims to partially cover the shortfall in crude deliveries caused by the boycott of Russian products imposed after the start of the invasion of Ukraine.

And the amount provided through Kazakhstan is well below the 20 million tons per year that Russia used to sell to Germany.

The European Union’s restrictions on the origin of Russian oil fear that they will be shipped by sea, but they do not prevent third countries from having Russian infrastructures to send their products to the European market.

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If Russia has agreed to this agreement, it will be a favor for Kazakhstan.

As Nurlan Zhumagulov, head of Energy Monitor analysis, speculated in a Facebook post in December, Kazakhstan would likely seek to import an amount of oil from Russia proportional to the amount it sends to Europe. This crude can also be sent to domestic refineries. Zhumagulov wrote.

“[It would be] an ideal style that satisfies Russia, Kazakhstan and Germany,” Zhumagulov wrote.

In addition, Kazakhstan has a major asset. In December it reached an intergovernmental agreement with Russia valid until 2034 authorizing the use of its territory for the transit of oil to China. Since China now has one of Russia’s largest oil customers, Kazakhstan has gained strength to implement its own energy industry agreements with the West.

For Eurasianet. org

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