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Oil transportation via Baku-Ceyhan pipeline too expensive for Kazakhstan
RBC, 31.03.2005, Astana 18:10:02.
Kazakhstan is dissatisfied with the current tariffs on oil transportation
via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, Kazakhstani President Nursultan
Nazarbayev has said at a news conference after a meeting with Georgian
President Mikhail Saakashvili. "So far, we are dissatisfied with the tariffs
that have been offered to us, as it would be unprofitable for oil companies
to transport oil, if the tariffs were so high," the President said. He added
that an Azerbaijani delegation would visit Kazakhstan in April to continue
talks on Kazakhstan joining the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan project.
At the same time Nazarbayev noted that the transportation of
Kazakhstani oil via the Caucasus and Georgia to the Black Sea could become
the first large joint project for Kazakhstan and Georgia. However, an
agreement with Azerbaijan should be reached in connection with this.
Additionally, Kazakhstan would like to receive some preferences from
Georgia, relating to the transit of Kazakhstan's goods via that country,
Nazarbayev remarked.
RBC, 31.03.2005, Astana 18:10:02.
Kazakhstan is dissatisfied with the current tariffs on oil transportation
via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, Kazakhstani President Nursultan
Nazarbayev has said at a news conference after a meeting with Georgian
President Mikhail Saakashvili. "So far, we are dissatisfied with the tariffs
that have been offered to us, as it would be unprofitable for oil companies
to transport oil, if the tariffs were so high," the President said. He added
that an Azerbaijani delegation would visit Kazakhstan in April to continue
talks on Kazakhstan joining the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan project.
At the same time Nazarbayev noted that the transportation of
Kazakhstani oil via the Caucasus and Georgia to the Black Sea could become
the first large joint project for Kazakhstan and Georgia. However, an
agreement with Azerbaijan should be reached in connection with this.
Additionally, Kazakhstan would like to receive some preferences from
Georgia, relating to the transit of Kazakhstan's goods via that country,
Nazarbayev remarked.