Astana, 12 November. The pipeline company KazTransOil transported 38.306 million tonnes of oil through its trunk pipeline system in the first ten months of 2026, which is 1.323 million tonnes more than in the same period of last year, the company said.
Almost half of the increase came from the domestic market. The company delivered 15.522 million tonnes to Kazakhstan’s oil refineries, 643,000 tonnes more than a year earlier. Of that, the Pavlodar Petrochemical Plant received 5.424 million tonnes, PetroKazakhstan Oil Products 4.762 million tonnes and the Atyrau Refinery 4.576 million tonnes.
The rest went to export and transit. The Atyrau — Samara section of the Uzen — Atyrau — Samara pipeline carried 8.373 million tonnes, including 3.723 million tonnes towards the port of Novorossiysk and 1.958 million tonnes towards the port of Ust-Luga. The company transshipped 3.878 million tonnes into the system of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), 897,000 tonnes more than last year. At the port of Aktau, 2.922 million tonnes were loaded onto tankers, 288,000 tonnes more; of that, 1.321 million tonnes were sent towards the Baku — Tbilisi — Ceyhan pipeline.
Along the Kazakhstani section of the Tuymazy — Omsk — Novosibirsk-2 (TON-2) pipeline the company transported 10.214 million tonnes, 450,000 tonnes more than a year earlier. Oil transit through Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan rose to 81,000 tonnes, which is 77,000 tonnes more than last year. Transit to Kyrgyzstan amounted to 60,000 tonnes. Freight turnover across the KazTransOil system was 29.781 billion tonne-kilometres, 136 million tonne-kilometres more than in the first ten months of 2025.
Separately, the company reported on the work of the Kazakhstan-China Pipeline (KCP) partnership. Its system carried 16.556 million tonnes of oil in ten months, 3% more than in the same period of 2025. The Atasu — Alashankou pipeline carried 9.477 million tonnes, 297,000 tonnes, or 3%, more. Of this volume, 1.095 million tonnes went for export, 28% more than last year, and 8.383 million tonnes were transit, which grew by 1%. The Kenkiyak — Kumkol pipeline carried 7.545 million tonnes, 313,000 tonnes, or 4%, more. Of that, 466,000 tonnes were sent for export and 7.079 million tonnes to the domestic market, 2% more.
What it means: Pumping through the KazTransOil system grew by 1.323 million tonnes over the year. Among the routes for which the company gives a comparison with last year, the biggest gains were in transshipment into the CPC, deliveries to Kazakhstani refineries and pumping along TON-2. The company does not explain the reasons for the growth.
Background: Oil that goes to Russia along the Atyrau — Samara route and on to the ports of Novorossiysk and Ust-Luga is sold under the KEBCO brand; the CPC carries the CPC Blend grade. The Atasu — Alashankou pipeline, 965.1 km long, and the Kenkiyak — Kumkol pipeline, 794.26 km long, are part of the KCP system; the first leads to the border with China.
