Kazakhstan to send oil to Germany via Russia
The first delivery is scheduled for this week, according to Bolat Akchulakov
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Kazakh oil will start transiting through Russian territory to Germany via the Druzhba pipeline in the coming days as Berlin seeks to replace Moscow’s crude supplies, Kazakh Energy Minister Bolat Akchulakov told reporters on Wednesday.
The country’s state-run Kaztransoil applied to Transneft, the Russian state-owned pipeline transport company and operator of Russia’s section of the Druzhba pipeline, to send the first 20,000 tons of crude to Germany using Russian infrastructure.
“I really hope that it will start flowing today,” the minister said, indicating that oil shipments could begin on Wednesday given that “yesterday all procedures were complete...










