KazTransOil reduced oil shipments to Ust-Luga by a third and increased supplies to Novorossiysk // KazTransOil increased oil supplies to Novorossiysk to 460,000 tons in August

Operator KazTransOil in August increased the volume of oil transportation from Kazakhstan to the port of Novorossiysk to 460 thousand tons. This is 27.8% more than in July, when 360,000 tons of oil were exported. This was reported by Interfax-Kazakhstan in the press service of the company.

At the same time, the operator reduced shipments to the port of Ust-Luga on the Baltic Sea by 30%. The volume of transportation in August amounted to 200 thousand tons of oil, while in July 2026 286 thousand tons were shipped. KazTransOil delivered 301,000 tons in May, 230,000 tons in April, and 100,000 tons in March. The company did not provide data for other months.

In August, Reuters, citing sources, reported that Russia allegedly redirected at least two batches of Kazakh oil from Ust-Luga to Novorossiysk. This measure was explained by the interlocutors of the publication by the need to release capacities to increase the export of Russian oil through the Baltic Sea against the background of attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Black Sea.

The Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan said that Russia did not not notify them of the redirection of oil and the Republic supplies oil in several directions to maintain flexibility of supply “taking into account the current situation on certain routes.”.