KazMunayGas extends contract for oil supplies to Germany until end of 2026, supplies of 130,000 tonnes per month stipulated

ASTANA. Oct 7 (Interfax) - Kazakhstan will increase monthly oil supplies to Germany to 130,000 tonnes in 2026, the press service of KazMunayGas (KMG) said.

On Tuesday, KMG Management Board Chairman Askat Khassenov discussed the transportation of Kazakh oil to Germany with Rosneft Deutschland GmbH CEO Johannes Bremer. "Following the meeting, the current contract for supplies of Kazakh oil to Germany was extended until the end of 2026 (from the resources of Karachaganak Petroleum Operating B.V.). The agreement stipulates an increase in monthly supplies from 100,000 to 130,000 tonnes," the press service said.

The company recalled that shipments of oil from the resources of KMG Kashagan B.V. were also launched in 2024, and were launched from the resources of Tengizchevroil LLP in 2025.

Kazakh oil supplies to the oil refinery in Schwedt (Germany) amounted to around 1.5 million tonnes im 9M 2025.

KazMunayGas initially said that Kazakhstan planned to ship 1.5 million tonnes of oil to Germany via the Druzhba pipeline in 2025. The same amount of 1.5 million tonnes was exported in this direction in 2024. Later, from KMG materials, it became known that Kazakhstan planned to increase oil supplies to Germany to 2 million tonnes in 2025. In October, Khassenov said that plans were in place to ship 1.7 million tonnes of oil to Germany that year.

Previously, then Kazakh Energy Minister Almassadam Satkaliyev said that oil supplies could be increased to 2 million tonnes if requested by Germany.

Kazakhstan has been supplying oil to Germany since 2023 via the system of main oil pipelines of PJSC Transneft in the direction of the Adamowo-Zastawa oil delivery point.