Kazakhstan oil pipeline operator Kaztransoil has announced plans to increase oil transit from Russia to China through the Kazakhstan-China oil pipeline by 30% after 2023 to 13 Mt/year. The pipeline is owned by Kaztransoil (50%) and China National Oil and Gas Exploration and Development Corporation (CNODC, 50%). Its first section connects Atyrau to Kenkiyak (449 km) and was completed in 2002. The second section, 1,000 km long Atasu-Alashankou, was inaugurated in 2005 (240,000 bbl/d) and completed in 2009. The pipeline had an initial capacity of 10 Mt/year and in 2015 volumes reached 11.8 Mt. Expansion works, currently under construction and slated for 2020, will make it possible to transit up to 20 Mt/year.
Russian oil company Rosneft currently sends 10 Mt/year of oil trough the pipeline to China under an agreement that will reach its term in 2023. Under a swap arrangement, part of the supply is used at Kazakhstan's 110,000 bbl/d Atyrau oil refinery and replaced.
Kaztransoil is a subsidiary of KazMunaiGas. The company manages about 8 000 km of oil pipelines and 3 100 km of water pipelines.