Kazakhstan boosts oil supplies to BTC pipeline by 11.5%

Kazakhstan's national oil company KazTransOil supplied 155,000 tons of Kazakh oil to the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline via the Aktau seaport in July, marking an 11.5% increase compared with the same month last year, according to the July shipment figures released by the company, Report informs via Interfax-Kazakhstan.

Earlier, Kazakhstan's Energy Minister Yerlan Akkenzhenov said the country plans to transport 2.2 million tons of oil through the BTC system in 2026.

At the same time, the minister did not rule out the possibility that Kazakhstan's exports via the route could reach 2.5-3 million tons by the end of the year, depending on overall production and logistics.

Kazakhstan exported 1.2 million tons of oil through the BTC pipeline in 2025.