Agenda Item 8
Table- 4: Oil Export Routes and Options in the Caspian Sea Region
( Tehran, 21-23 July, 2003 )
8th Consultative Meeting of
Executive Heads of Sub-Regional Organizations
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Name/ Location |
Route |
Crude Capacity |
Length |
Estimated Cost/Investment |
Status |
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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 |
Existing pipeline recently upgraded by adding pumping and heating stations to increase capacity. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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Iran-Azerbaijan Pipeline |
Baku to Tabriz (Iran) |
Proposed 200,000 bbl/d to 400,000 bbl/d |
N/A
|
$500 million |
Proposed by TotalFinaElf. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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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