Eskene-Kuryk Oil Pipeline
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Eskene-Kuryk Oil Pipeline is a proposed oil pipeline running in Kazakhstan.
Location
The pipeline was proposed to run from Eskene, Atyrau region, to Kuryk, Mangystau region, Kazakhstan.[1]
Project details
- Operator: KazTransOil JSC[2][3]
- Owner: KazTransOil JSC[3]
- Parent company: KazMunayGas JSC[4][2]
- Capacity: 20-30 mpta[3]
- Length: 765 km[5]
- Diameter:
- Status: Proposed[3][4]
- Proposed year: 2007[5][1]
- Start year:
- Cost: USD 2.2 billion[5]
- Financing:
- Associated infrastructure: Trans-Caspian Oil Pipeline, Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline system, Kashagan Oil and Gas Field (Kazakhstan)
Background
Kazakhstan Caspian Transportation System (KCTS) was originally planned to consist of an Eskene-Kuryk Oil Pipeline in the territory of Kazakhstan and Trans-Caspian system, including the oil terminal in Kuryk port on the Kazakh coast of the Caspian Sea, tankers and vessels, oil discharge terminals on the Azerbaijani coast of the Caspian Sea and connecting facilities to the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline system.[6] Oil would subsequently be transported to global markets through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline and other pipelines in Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey. The KCTS was initially considered in 2007 to transport oil from the Kashagan Oil and Gas Field.[6]
In 2008, KazMunayGas (the national oil company of Kazakhstan) and SOCAR (the national oil company of Azerbaijan) signed a KCTS agreement, under which Kashagan oil would be shipped through the Caspian Sea to the Caucasus and not through Russia.[7] However, the project was postponed due to the uncertainty regarding the launch of production at the Kashagan field, as well as the expansion of Tengiz field in Kazakhstan.[6]
In February 2017, negotiations on building the pipeline resumed in anticipation of growing oil exports due to the start of production at the Kashagan field.[6] In July 2018, the governments of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan were reported to be working on developing the Trans-Caspian Oil Pipeline, which would feed the Kazakhstan Caspian Transportation System.[1]
In April 2024, it was reported that Kazakhstan was again considering the possibility of constructing an oil pipeline from Atyrau (Eskene) to Kuryk.[3][4]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Settling the Caspian Issue and Realizing the Trans-Caspian Energy Corridor, The Diplomat, Jul. 10, 2018
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "ГОДОВОЙ ОТЧЕТ АО НК «КАЗМУНАЙГАЗ» ЗА 2023 ГОД" (PDF). KazMunayGaz. April 30, 2024. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Казахстан изучит возможность строительства нефтепровода по дну Каспия". kz.kursiv.media. April 18, 2024. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Возможность строительства нового нефтепровода рассматривают в Казахстане". inbusiness.kz. November 25, 2024. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Сколько времени уйдет на разработку маршрутов, альтернативных КТК". kz.kursiv.media. July 14, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Kazakhstan resumes negotiations on Trans-Caspian project Azernews, 2 Feb. 2017
- ↑ Kazakhstan Caspian Transport System Needed After Kashagan Restart? Russian Oil and Gas Technologies, 29 Sep. 2016
