190,000 tonnes of Kazakh oil were pumped through the Druzhba pipeline to Germany in January-May of this year, KazTransOil told Interfax.
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"In the first five months, 190,000 tonnes of oil were delivered to Germany," the company said in reply to a query from Interfax.
Energy Minister Almasadam Satkaliyev told journalists on Tuesday that the monthly oil supply to Germany has been about 20,000 tonnes since the beginning of this year.
"We currently plan to increase the supply of Kazakh oil [to Germany] up to 100,000 tonnes a month," Satkaliyev said.
KazTransOil previously obtained permission from Russia's Transneft to pump 1.2 million tonnes of Kazakh oil through the Druzhba pipeline to Germany in 2023.
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said earlier that Kazakhstan could further increase oil supplies to Germany.
KazTransOil Deputy General Director for Transportation Erik Sagiyev said in May that KazTransOil continues to receive requests for Kazakh oil transportation through the Druzhba pipeline to Germany, though the final decision about an increase in oil transportation would depend on the Russian partners.
Kazakhstan exports its oil through the Druzhba pipeline to the Schwedt refinery, which had been owned by Rosneft until September 2022, when Germany's Federal Network Agency took it under its control.
Rosneft Deutschland accounts for around 12% of Germany's refining capacity and is one of the largest fuel market players.
The capacity of the Schwedt refinery is 11.6 million tonnes of petroleum products per year. Starting from the design stage, the plant has historically been linked with the Druzhba oil pipeline and Russian oil fields.
JSC KazTransOil, part of KazMunayGas National Company, is the national operator of oil pipelines in Kazakhstan. The company owns and operates oil pipelines of about 5,400 km in length. ■
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