Kazakhstan ships 704,000 tonnes of oil via BTC in H1

Kazakhstan transported 704,000 tonnes of crude oil through the Port of Aktau for export via the Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline during the first half of the year, according to a monthly report by KazTransOil.

In June alone, 108,000 tonnes of Kazakh oil were shipped from the Port of Aktau to the BTC pipeline, down 13.6% compared with the same month last year.

Earlier, Kazakhstan's Energy Minister Yerlan Akkenzhenov said the country plans to export between 1.5 million and 2.2 million tonnes of oil to global markets via the BTC pipeline this year.

In 2025, Kazakhstan exported 1.2 million tonnes of crude oil through the BTC pipeline.