Euronews: Kazakhstan looks to boost oil exports via Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline

In high-level talks held in Astana, Kazakhstan and Georgia agreed to strengthen economic cooperation, including plans to increase oil shipments via the BTC pipeline. The two countries also discussed agricultural development, investment expansion, and cooperation in digital services, Euronews reported.

According to the article, Kazakhstan plans to increase oil exports through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline as it deepens strategic ties with Georgia, following talks between President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze in Astana.

The publication notes that the announcement comes as Kazakhstan continues to diversify its export routes through the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR), also known as the Middle Corridor.

According to Euronews, transit volumes along the route have grown nearly fourfold over the past five years. By 2029, Kazakhstan expects up to 3,000 container trains to operate annually along the corridor linking China with Europe via Kazakhstan, the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan and Georgia.

The report also says that Astana intends to deepen cooperation with Georgia’s Black Sea ports.

“Alongside the Batumi oil terminal, owned by Kazakhstan’s KazTransOil, the country is expanding logistics infrastructure in Poti, where a new multimodal terminal opened last year with Kazakh investment. Officials also identified the future deep-sea port of Anaklia as another promising project,” the article reads.