Aktau: Oil transportation via the Kazakhstan-China Pipeline, operated by KazTransOil, reached 14.484 million tons from January through September 2025.

According to Trend News Agency, this marks an increase of 5 percent compared to the same period in 2024.

During the reported period, the oil cargo turnover for this pipeline system amounted to 12.941 billion ton-kilometers, reflecting a 4 percent growth year-on-year. However, crude oil loading into tankers at the Aktau seaport using KazTransOil’s facilities totaled 2.440 million tons, which is 5 percent lower than in the same period of the previous year.

KazTransOil serves as Kazakhstan’s main oil pipeline operator, providing transportation services for domestic supply, transit, and export markets. The company’s primary activities include the transportation of oil and petroleum products via trunk pipelines, encompassing operations such as pumping, transshipment, draining, loading, storage, and blending. Additionally, the company is involved in the construct
ion and operation of pipeline infrastructure both within Kazakhstan and internationally, including facilities for storage and loading, and connections to other transport modes for liquid hydrocarbons.

KazTransOil’s extensive trunk pipeline network covers 5,196 kilometers and is supported by 36 oil pumping stations, 68 oil heating furnaces, and a storage tank farm with a total capacity of 1.426 million cubic meters. The company also oversees five railway loading and unloading facilities and maintains infrastructure for loading tankers at three active berths of the Aktau seaport’s oil terminal.