Yerlan Akkenzhenov: Kazakhstan ready to consider Baku-Supsa route for oil exports

Kazakhstan is considering various additional oil export routes, including the Baku-Supsa pipeline, said Yerlan Akkenzhenov, the head of the Kazakh Ministry of Energy, Report informs via Interfax-Kazakhstan.

He emphasized that no official proposals have yet been received from Azerbaijan regarding this route.

"I cannot disclose the tariff; there have been no official negotiations with the Azerbaijani side," the minister added.

In May 2026, Azerbaijan and Georgia agreed to resume operations of the Baku-Supsa pipeline.

The Baku-Supsa export route, designed to transport oil produced from the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli block of oil fields, was commissioned in April 1999. The pipeline is 837 kilometers long, including 775 kilometers of new 21-inch (530 mm) diameter pipeline and 55 kilometers of rehabilitated pipeline. The pipeline's capacity is over 7 million tons of oil per year (145,000 barrels per day). Pumping in this direction was halted in the spring of 2022.