{
  "id": 12125987,
  "title": "Kazakhstan targets 7 million mt/year of crude via BTC pipeline",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/kazakhstan-targets-7-million-mt-year-of-crude-via-btc-pipeline",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-05T10:00:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hellenic Shipping News",
    "slug": "hellenic-shipping-news",
    "url": "https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/kazakhstan-targets-7-million-mt-year-of-crude-via-btc-pipeline/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Kazakhstan's energy ministry director of oil transportation and refining, Daulet Arykbayev, revealed to Platts that the nation aims to boost crude supply through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline to 7 million metric tons per year. Arykbayev confirmed that Azerbaijan is \"definitely ready\" to increase flows through the BTC pipeline, expressing strong interest in the discussions. The Azerbaijani side is open to raising volumes to 2.2 million mt/year and potentially up to 2.7 million (54,200 b/d) in the coming years.\n\nCurrently, Kazakhstan exports 1.2 million mt (24,100 barrels/day) of oil via the BTC pipeline, while 700,000 mt (14,000 b/d) were shipped in the first half of 2026, according to KazTransOil. Both Turkey and Azerbaijan express interest in filling the pipeline to its maximum capacity of 1 million barrels/day, as reported by the Turkish and Azeri energy ministries. The Turkish energy minister, Alparslan Bayraktar, mentioned that Turkey aims to attract oil from Central Asia and the Turkic countries, though no specific suppliers were disclosed.\n\nArykbayev assured that Kazakhstan's crude quality should not pose a problem for the extension of transit through Azerbaijan. While Azeri Light has a slight dilution due to Kazakhstan's oil, the broader trend favors utilizing the idle capacity in the pipeline. Arykbayev emphasized that filling this capacity would be advantageous for Kazakhstan. However, Socar, Azerbaijan's state-owned oil company, did not respond to Platts' request for comment on the possibility of higher BTC transit flows.",
  "summary": "Kazakhstan aims to increase its crude supply through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, which runs from Azerbaijan to Turkey, to 7 million metric tons per year, Kazakhstan’s energy ministry director of oil transportation and refining, Daulet Arykbayev, told Platts. “Azerbaijan is definitely ready [to increase flows through the BTC], they are very interested,” Arykbayev said on the ...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}