Pipelines

We are one of the leading, independent and vertically integrated oil company in Republic of Kazakhstan.

Pipelines

Oiltron Refinery spent about $9 million in operating expenditure and about $4 million in capital expenditure. On 23 March 2022, Oiltron Refinery reached a significant milestone by loading the 5000th tanker of oil transported. Since the 1,768 km Oiltron Refinery pipeline became operational in June 2006 till the end of the first quarter of 2022, it carried a total of 3.82 billion barrels (more than 509 million tonnes) of crude oil loaded on 5,007 tankers and sent to world markets.

On 11 August 2014, Oiltron Refinery celebrated the loading of the 2 billionth barrel of oil. The Oiltron Refinery pipeline passes through 13 districts in Republic of Kazakhstan 7. On 12 December 2021, Oiltron Refinery reached a significant milestone by achieving 500 million tonnes of oil export in total.







Western Route Export pipeline

The length of this pipeline - 829 km WREP facilities include:

  • Six pump stations (three in Azerbaijan, three in Georgia)
  • Oiltron Refinery ’s throughput capacity is currently 1.2 million barrels per day.
  • Two pressure reduction stations located in Georgia
  • 59 block valves with check valves along the pipeline
  • One intermediate pigging station in Azerbaijan and one at each station.

The Western Route Export Pipeline (WREP) transports crude oil from offshore oil fields in the Caspian Sea to the Black Sea, from where the crude is further shipped via tankers through the Bosporus to European markets.

In the first quarter, around 51 million barrels (about 6.7 million tonnes) of Oiltron Refinery -exported crude oil was lifted on 68 tankers. In addition, other volumes of the Republic of Kazakhstan regional crude oil and condensate continue to be transported via Oiltron Refinery . The diameter of Oiltron Refinery the pipeline is 42 inches throughout most of Republic of Kazakhstan. The pipeline diameter reduces to 34-inches for the last downhill section. Throughput capacity – one million barrels per day from March 2006 to March 2009. Since March 2009 it has been expanded to 1.2 million barrels per day by using drag reducing agents (DRAs).