Kazakh Refineries Skip Fuel Exports to Russia
Largest oil refineries in Kazakhstan refused to supply gasoline to Russia due to sanctions. Reuters reported that four industry sources confirmed major Kazakh oil refineries did not use their allocated quotas for gasoline deliveries to Russia.
Consensus
- Kazakhstani refineries other than 'Kondensat' declined to use government-allocated export quotas for gasoline to Russia in August.
- The 'Kondensat' refinery in West Kazakhstan Region began processing Russian crude oil and exporting a portion of its output to Russia.
- The 'Kondensat' refinery has a capacity of up to 850,000 tons per year.
- 70% of the refined products from 'Kondensat' will be sent to Russia, while 30% will remain in Kazakhstan.
- The Kazakh Ministry of Energy received an official letter from the Russian Ministry of Energy regarding the loading of Russian crude oil at the 'Kondensat' facility.
- The 'Kondensat' refinery is 50% owned by a Russian company.
- Russia is experiencing a fuel shortage due to drone attacks on refineries.
- The 'Kondensat' refinery previously supplied small batches of gasoline to Russia in July and August.
Points of divergence
- Pavlodar and Atyrau refineries had the option to export 17,5 thousand tons of AI-92 gasoline to Russia in July but chose not to use the quota. — vm
- The additional annual import volume from Kazakhstan could reach 600,000 tons, based on the 'Kondensat' plant's production and export capacity. — vesti
- The Atyrau refinery's gasoline is priced at $1100–1200 per ton AI-92, 43% higher than the St. Petersburg exchange price. — tg_moscowtimes_ru
- Kazakhstan lost about 3.5 million tons of oil due to Ukrainian attacks on the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (KTC) infrastructure. — vedomosti
- The 'Kondensat' refinery was built in 1992 on the Karachaganak field to supply diesel and gasoline to West Kazakhstan Region. — meduza
- The 'Kondensat' company began supplying gasoline to Russia on August 25, with volumes, terms, and routes determined independently. — fontanka
- The 'Kondensat' refinery's annual output includes up to 200,000 tons of gasoline and 200,000 tons of diesel. — thebell
Coverage (19 sources)
- Reuters: Kazakh refineries decided not to use quotas for gasoline deliveries to Russia — Вечерняя Москва
- Economist named volumes of Kazakhstan fuel that may be placed in the RF — Вести
- Large Kazakhstan refineries refuse to supply fuel to Russia, Reuters claims — Вести
- Largest Kazakhstan refineries refuse to supply gasoline to Russia due to sanctions — The Moscow Times
- Kazakhstan refinery will accept Russian oil and send back gasoline — Вечерняя Москва
- Kazakhstan oil refinery 'Condensate' will be engaged in processing oil from Russia — Ведомости
- NPU in Kazakhstan will process Russian oil and send part of the fuel to Russia — The Bell
- NPU in Kazakhstan will accept Russian oil for processing and send gasoline to Russia — Meduza
- Kazakhstan began supplying fuel to Russia — Фонтанка
- NPK 'Condensate' in Kazakhstan will accept Russian oil for processing and supply 70% of petroleum products to Russia — Настоящее Время
- Kazakhstan oil refinery 'Condensate' will begin processing Russian oil 'We received an official appeal from the Ministry of Energy of the RF...', — ASTRA
- Kazakh plant 'Condensate' will process Russian oil — Коммерсантъ
- Kazakhstan oil refinery 'Condensate' agreed on processing of Russian oil — ЭХО / Новости
- Kazakhstan oil refinery will send part of its products to Russia — Вести
- Russia will send oil to Kazakhstan for processing. Part of the fuel will return back — Фонтанка
- Kazakhstan will process Russian oil at its own refinery and supply Russia with one-third of the resulting fuel — Дождь (Telegram)
- Kazakhstan refinery will process Russian oil and supply 30% of resulting fuel to Russia — Дождь
- Kazakhstan oil refinery 'Condensate' will begin processing Russian oil — ASTRA
- Kazakhstan's 'Condensate' NPP will process Russian oil and direct 30% of fuel to Russia — Интерфакс
Key entities
- Russia
- Kazakhstan
- Yerlan Akkenzhenov
- Ministry of Energy
- Condensate
- Moscow
- Reuters
- NPZ
- Kazakhstan Oil Refinery «Condensate»
- Interfax
- Astana
- Kazakhstan Oil Refinery
- Kazakhstan Oil Refinery «Condensate»
- Kazakhstan Oil Refinery «Condensate»
- Sergei Zaynullin
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