Astana: Kazakhstan is evaluating the Baku-Supsa pipeline among its potential oil export routes, according to Kazakhstan's Energy Minister Yerlan Akkenzhenov. In a statement to local media, Akkenzhenov mentioned that no proposals regarding the Baku-Supsa route have yet been received from Azerbaijan, APA-Economics reports.

According to Azeri-Press News Agency, Kazakhstan has reduced its oil and gas condensate exports from 19.5 million tons in the first quarter of the previous year to 15.3 million tons in the first quarter of 2026. This reduction is attributed to lower production at the Tengiz field, the country's largest oil field, coupled with restrictions on crude transportation through the Caspian Pipeline Consortium terminal and the port of Novorossiysk.

It is noteworthy that Azerbaijan and Georgia agreed in May this year to resume the operation of the Baku-Supsa oil pipeline. This export route is designed for transporting oil produced from the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli block of fields. Commissioned in April 1999, the pipeline stretches 837 kilometers and has an annual capacity of more than 7 million tons. Oil transportation via this route was previously suspended in the spring of 2022.