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Название: НОВОСТИ НЕФТЕГАЗОВОЙ ОТРАСЛИ. КАЗАХСТАН (на англ. яз) Главные Пункты: * КазМунайГаз сделал заказ на строительство в Выборге (Россия) трех танкеров водоизмещением 12 тыс. т. для транспортировки казахстанской нефти в трубопровод БТД. (17.11.2004) Полный Текст НОВОСТИ НЕФТЕГАЗОВОЙ ОТРАСЛИ. КАЗАХСТАН (на англ. яз) НОВОСТИ НЕФТЕГАЗОВОЙ ОТРАСЛИ. КАЗАХСТАН (на англ. яз) *** IICS * IICS * IICS * IICS * IICS * IICS * IICS ================================================ EURASIA: THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR CASPIAN STUDIES, TEHRAN (IICS). http://www.caspianstudies.com To subscribe to this list, send a blank e-mail to: eurasia-subscribe@topica.com To UNsubscribe send a blank e-mail to: eurasia-unsubscribe@topica.com DISCLAIMER: THE ARTICLES DISTRIBUTED ON THIS EMAIL MESSAGE ARE INTENDED FOR PRIVATE, NON-COMMERCIAL USE BY SUBSCRIBERS ONLY, AND SHOULD NOT BE RE-DISTRIBUTED. The International Institute for Caspian Studies does not endorse any product, service or statement on this email message. =============================================== IICS * IICS * IICS * IICS * IICS * IICS * IICS ================================================ Kazakhstan building tanker fleet for trans-Caspian oil exports. 22 November 2004 Platts Commodity News English Copyright 2004. Platts. All Rights Reserved. Moscow (Platts)-22Nov2004/353 am EST/853 GMT Kazakhstan is building a fleet of tankers to carry crude oil exports to various destinations on the Caspian Sea, state oil company KazMunaigaz said Friday. So far KazMunaiGaz has ordered three 12,000-dwt vessels from Vyborg shipyard in northwest Russia. The first, named Astana, is expected to be delivered before the year-end. Two more will be completed in 2005. Further orders are likely to follow. Caspian export outlets for Kazakhstan include Russia's Makhachkala port on the northwest coast which ties into a pipeline running to Novorossiysk on the Black Sea. During the warmer months of the year, oil can also be moved into European Russia via the River Volga which joins the Caspian near Astrakhan. Iran's Neka port on the south coast is another option. Shipments of Kazakh oil to Azerbaijan are likely to climb swiftly following completion next year of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline to the Turkish Mediterranean. Moscow (Platts)-22Nov2004/354 am EST/854 GMT Kazakhstan is negotiating a government-to-government accord with Azerbaijan that could set the stage for large volumes of Kazakh oil to move via BTC. Building a pipeline across the Caspian is not yet an option. Terms of a draft Caspian Sea convention to be signed by all five states surrounding the area outlaw construction of subsea trunklines for environmental reasons. Kazakhstan plans to establish two oil ports at Aktau and Kurik on the east coast to handle what it expects to be growing trans-Caspian shipment business after 2008 when the huge Kashagan field comes onstream. Other offshore oil developments are likely to follow. Both Russian and Kazakh crude exports across the Caspian Sea to the Iranian port of Neka have been sharply reduced because of unfavorable swap terms offered by Iran, according to company officials. Under swap arrangements concluded with a range of producers in the Caspian region, Iran takes in crude at Neka for processing at its northern refineries at Tehran and Tabriz. Moscow (Platts)-22Nov2004/354 am EST/854 GMT In exchange suppliers receive Iranian oil delivered to Kharg Island on the Arabian Gulf. Prices currently offered by Iran for swap crude are not competitive, according to KazMunaiGaz. Lukoil, which has established a terminal at Astrakhan to handle exports to Iran, has warned that it may slow exports to Neka. "Iran is not offering the right price", said Boris Zilbermints, head of Lukoil Overseas' Kazakhstan operations. Russian major TNK-BP stopped moving oil across the Caspian to Neka earlier this year discouarged by the price offered by the Iranians, a company spokeswoman said. A few cargoes of Russian crude destined for Iran were moved by barge down the Volga River and loaded onto larger vessels at Astrakhan before being shipped onto Neka in the first half of 2004. Winter ice on the Volga would in any case put a stop to such trade for some months, she said. |