Table- 4: Oil Export Routes and Options in the Caspian Sea Region

8th Consultative Meeting of 

Executive Heads of Sub-Regional Organizations

 

Name/

Location

Route

Crude Capacity

Length

Estimated Cost/Investment

Status

Atyrau-Samara Pipeline

Atyrau (Kazakhstan) to Samara (Russia), linking to Russian pipeline system 

Recently increased to 310,000 bbl/d

432 miles

Increase in capacity cost approximately
$37.5 million

Existing pipeline recently upgraded by adding pumping and heating stations to increase capacity.

Baku-Ceyhan ("Main Export Pipeline")

Baku (Azerbaijan) via Tbilisi (Georgia) to Ceyhan (Turkey), terminating at the Ceyhan Mediterranean Sea port

Planned: 1 million bbl/d

Approximately 1,038 miles 

$2.9 billion 

One-year detailed engineering study completed in June 2002. Construction on Turkish section of pipeline began in June 2002. Completion of entire pipeline targeted for 2004, exports by Feb. 2005.

Baku-Supsa Pipeline (AIOC "Early Oil" Western Route)

Baku to Supsa (Georgia), terminating at Supsa Black Sea port

Recently upgraded from 115,000 to 145,000 bbl/d; proposed upgrades to between 300,000 bbl/d to 600,000 bbl/d

515 miles

$600 million

Exports began in April 1999; approximately 115,000 bbl/d exported via this route in 2001.

Baku-Novorossiisk Pipeline (Northern Route)

Baku via Chechnya (Russia) to Novorossiisk (Russia), terminating at Novorossiisk Black Sea oil terminal

100,000 bbl/d capacity; possible upgrade to 300,000 bbl/d

868 miles; 90 miles are in Chechnya 

$600 million to upgrade to 300,000 bbl/d

Exports began late 1997; exports in 2001 averaged 50,000 bbl/d.

Baku-Novorossiisk Pipeline (Chechnya bypass, with link to Makhachkala)

Baku via Dagestan to Tikhoretsk (Russia) and terminating Novorossiisk Black Sea oil terminal

Currently: 120,000 bbl/d (rail and pipeline: 160,000 bbl/d); Planned: 360,000 bbl/d (by 2005)

204 miles

$140 million

Completed April 2000. Eleven-mile spur connects bypass with Russia's Caspian Sea port of Makhachkala.

Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) Pipeline

Tengiz oil field (Kazakhstan) to Novorossiisk Black Sea oil terminal

Currently: 565,000-bbl/d; Planned: 1.34-million bbl/d (by 2015)

990 miles

$2.5 billion for Phase 1 capacity; $4.2 billion total when completed

First tanker loaded in Novorossiisk (10/01); exports rising to 400,000 bbl/d by end-2002

Central Asia Oil Pipeline

Kazakhstan via Turkmenistan and Afghanistan to Gwadar (Pakistan)

Proposed 1 million bbl/d

1,040 miles 

$2.5 billion

Memorandum of Understanding signed by the countries; project stalled by regional instability and lack of financing.

Iran-Azerbaijan Pipeline

Baku to Tabriz (Iran)

Proposed 200,000 bbl/d to 400,000 bbl/d

N/A

 

$500 million

Proposed by TotalFinaElf.

Iran Oil Swap Pipeline

Neka (Iran) to Tehran (Iran)

175,000 bbl/d, rising to 370,000 bbl/d

208 miles

$400 million to $500 million

Under construction; oil will be delivered to Neka and swapped for an equivalent amount at the Iranian Persian Gulf coast.

Kazakhstan-China Pipeline

Aktyubinsk (Kazakhstan) to Xinjiang (China)

Proposed 400,000 bbl/d to 800,000 bbl/d 1,800 miles

$3 billion to $3.5 billion

Agreement 1997; feasibility study halted in September 1999 because Kazakhstan could not commit sufficient oil flows for the next 10 years.

Kazakhstan- Turkmenistan-Iran Pipeline

Kazakhstan via Turkmenistan to Kharg Island (Iran) on Persian Gulf  Proposed 1million bbl/d 930 miles $1.2 billion Feasibility study by TotalFinaElf; proposed completion date by 2005.
Khashuri-Batumi Pipeline

Dubendi (Azerbaijan) via Khashuri (Georgia) to Batumi

Initial 70,000 bbl/d, rising to 140,000 bbl/d-160,000 bbl/d

Rail system from Dubendi to Khashuri, then 105-mile pipeline from Khashuri to Batumi

$70 million for pipeline renovation ChevronTexaco has canceled plans to rebuild and expand the existing pipeline.

Trans-Caspian (Kazakhstan Twin Pipelines)

Aqtau (western Kazakhstan, on Caspian coast) to Baku; could extend to Ceyhan N/A 370 miles to Baku $2 billion to $4 billion (if to Ceyhan) Feasibility study agreement signed in December 1998 by Royal/Dutch Shell, ChevronTexaco, ExxonMobil, and Kazakhstan; project stalled by lack of Caspian Sea legal agreement.

 

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