KazTransOil starts shipping 25,000 tons of Russian oil to Uzbekistan

Some 250 thousand tons of Russian oil is planned to be shipped to Uzbekistan this year via Kazakhstan.

KazTransOil, Kazakhstan National Oil Transportation Company, announced that they have started to transport Russian oil to Uzbekistan via the territory of the country, TRT Haber reports.

“KazTransOil has started the shipment of 25 thousand tons of Russian oil to Uzbekistan via the Omsk-Pavlodar-Chimkent-Shagir (oil loading rack) route, which passes through the territory of Kazakhstan," the statement said.

The statement noted that the oil shipment was carried out in accordance with the oil supply plan approved by the Kazakhstan Ministry of Energy, and the assessment was given that "This year, the expected volume of Russian oil transit to Uzbekistan via KazTransOil's oil pipelines is around 250 thousand tons. "