Kazakhstan considers using Baku-Supsa pipeline to export oil

Kazakhstan is holding consultations on the possible use of the Baku-Supsa oil pipeline to export its crude oil, Kazakh Deputy Energy Minister Sungat Yessimkhanov told Report's Kazakhstan bureau.

Consultations are currently being held with the Azerbaijani side and interested oil companies regarding the potential use of the route.

"At the same time, the commercial and technical parameters for transporting oil along this route are being worked out," he said.

The Kazakh Energy Ministry also noted that work is underway to increase the volume of Kazakh oil transported via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline.

Currently, the BTC pipeline mainly carries oil produced at the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) field block, as well as condensate from the Shah Deniz field. The pipeline also transports other volumes of oil and condensate, including from Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan.

Kazakh Energy Minister Yerlan Akkenzhenov previously said that the plan for Kazakh oil shipments through the BTC system in 2026 is 2.2 million tons. He also did not rule out that exports through the route could reach 2.5-3 million tons by the end of the year.

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

The BTC pipeline is 1,768 kilometers long and has a capacity of more than 50 million tons of oil per year.

The Baku-Supsa pipeline, an export route designed to transport oil produced from the ACG block, was commissioned in April 1999. The pipeline is 837 kilometers long and has a capacity of more than 7 million tons of oil per year, or 145,000 barrels per day.

Oil pumping through the Baku-Supsa pipeline was suspended in spring 2022.