BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 16. Kazakhstan's
KazTransOil reduced its total energy consumption by 2.5%
year-on-year in the first nine months of 2026, saving 2,260 tonnes
of coal equivalent (tce), the company reported.
Specific energy consumption per million tonne-kilometres of oil
transported fell to 3.3 tonnes of coal equivalent (tce) per million
tonne-kilometres, compared with 3.4 tce in the same period of
2025.
The economic benefit from reducing specific energy consumption
amounted to 354.919 million tenge during the reporting period.
Moreover, KazTransOil also reduced its fuel consumption. Petrol
consumption fell by 22.5 tonnes, or 15%, year-on-year, while diesel
fuel consumption decreased by 293.5 tonnes, or 11.6%.
KazTransOil is Kazakhstan's national oil pipeline operator,
providing oil transportation services for the domestic market,
transit, and exports. The company's main oil pipeline network spans
5,196 kilometers. Oil transportation is supported by 36 pumping
stations, 68 oil heating furnaces, and oil storage facilities with
a total capacity of 1.426 million cubic meters.
The company also operates five railway oil loading and unloading
trestles and equipment for loading oil onto tankers at three
operational berths of the Aktau Sea Oil Terminal.
The US dollar equivalents are calculated by Trend using the
National Bank of Kazakhstan's official exchange rate of 454.14
tenge per $1 as of October 16, 2026.
