Kazakhstan plans to ship 1,5 million tons of oil on BTD

Kazakhstan can start exporting from next year 1,5 million tons of oil a year via the oil pipeline Baku - Tbilisi - Ceyhan (BTD) with further increase in volumes to 6-6,5 million tons, the prime minister of the republic Alikhan Smailov declared to journalists. "Through Baku - Tbilisi - Ceyhan at us now is the arrangement since January 1 of the next year 1,5 million tons of oil to load in this direction and its further increase to 6-6,5 million tons" is studied, – Alikhan Smailov told. According to him, within diversification of export of oil in Kazakhstan the special road map is developed. "In...