Batumi Oil Terminal has loaded a tanker with Tengiz oil, the first in the last six years, the terminal’s owner KazTransOil reports according to Interfax. It is the first shipment within the framework of a long-term agreement signed by Tengizshevroil for transportation of Tengiz oil by Trans Caucasus corridor.
In June 2008 a contract was signed with Tengizshevroil on transportation of oil by Baku-Batumi route, Godok reminds. Oil shipment from Tengiz field by Tengiz – Aktau - Baku-Batumi route was started in October 2008.
Earlier Tengiz oil was transported by Aktau - Baku-Batumi route till the middle of 2002.