Oil exports through the Atasu-Alashankou pipeline rose 26% year-on-year to 983,000 tons in January-September, KazTransOil, Kazakhstan’s national oil pipeline operator and a subsidiary of KazMunayGas, said.
Kazakhstan-China Pipeline LLP transported 14.8 million tons of oil through its main pipeline system in the first nine months of 2026, up 2% year-on-year. Most of the volume was transited through Kazakhstan to China. Meanwhile, exports of Kazakh oil to China rose 26%.
«A total of 8.517 million tons of oil was transported via the Atasu-Alashankou pipeline, an increase of 255,000 tons compared with the same period last year. Of this volume, 983,000 tons were designated for export, up 26% compared with the first nine months of 2025. Transit volumes amounted to 7.533 million tons,» the company said in a release.
Kazakhstan-China Pipeline LLP operates the Atasu-Alashankou and Kenkiyak-Kumkol pipelines. KazTransOil and China National Oil and Gas Exploration and Development Company Ltd. (CNODC) each own a 50% stake in the company.
In December 2012, shares representing 10% of KazTransOil minus one ordinary share were offered on the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) under the People’s IPO program at 725 tenge per share.
Kursiv.media previously reported that Kazakhstan aims to fully meet domestic fuel demand and begin exporting finished petroleum products to Central Asian countries by 2030.