KazTransOil announces start of pumping Russian oil via Kazakhstan towards Uzbekistan

20.11.17 16:20
/KASE, November 20, 2017/ – KazTransOil (Astana), whose shares are officially listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), has provided KASE with the following press release: quote In accordance with the Framework Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan on some issues of cooperation in the energy sector, signed on September 16, 2017, the transportation of Russian crude oil by the system of trunk oil pipelines "Omsk – Pavlodar – Shymkent – oil loading station Shagyr (transshipment to rail tank cars)" of "KazTransOil" JSC has started on November 16, 2017. On November 16, 2017, at the acceptance-delivery point of crude oil on the border of the Russian Federation with the Republic of Kazakhstan the first batch of Russian crude oil, which is to be transported via the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Uzbekistan, was pumped into the system of trunk oil pipelines of "KazTransOil" JSC. unquote The full press release is available on KASE website: - http://www.kase.kz/files/emitters/KZTO/kzto_reliz_201117_1.pdf – in Russian; - http://www.kase.kz/files/emitters/KZTO/kzto_reliz_201117_eng_1.pdf – in English. [2017-11-20]