Tokayev: Kazakhstan may increase oil supplies to Germany

Kazakhstan may increase oil supplies to Germany via the Druzhba pipeline, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said during the EU-Central Asia summit, which is being held in Cholpon-Ata city (Kyrgyzstan), Report informs.

“Kazakhstan has begun supplying oil to Germany through the Druzhba pipeline. Since the beginning of this year, deliveries for 90,000 tons have already been implemented. There is a potential to bring this figure to 1.2 million tons per year with the possibility of increasing it in the future,” he said.

At the end of December 2022, Transneft reported that it had received an application from the Kazakh oil transport national company KazTransOil for a reserve of additional capacities of the Druzhba oil pipeline for transit to Germany in the amount of 1.2 million tons for 2023.

The German government announced in September 2022 that it would negotiate with Kazakhstan on the purchase of oil with transportation through the Druzhba pipeline to provide additional volumes for the refinery in the city of Schwedt and replace oil from Russia. Kazakhstan uses transit through the Druzhba, sending about 10 million tons of oil per year towards the port in Ust-Luga.