Kazakhstan still awaiting Russia's response on resumption of oil transit via Druzhba - Kazakh Energy Ministry

ASTANA. Nov 10 (Interfax) - Kazakhstan hopes the transit of its oil via the Druzhba oil pipeline will resume, but Russia has not yet responded to this request, Kazakh Energy Minister Erlan Akkenzhenov said.

"Personally, I raised this issue myself; the request has been sent. There is no response yet. There is hope, we expect that we will resume this route, it is very commercially attractive for us," Akkenzhenov said at a government press conference in Astana on Tuesday.

The Energy Ministry previously said that exports of Kazakh oil to Germany are not planned in November or December 2026.

"If the existing technical restrictions are resolved and the necessary transportation conditions are ensured, the possibility of resuming supplies of Kazakh oil via the said route will be considered," the ministry said.

Last week, the Energy Ministry said that it had sent a letter to the Russian Energy Ministry on resuming transportation of Kazakh oil via the Druzhba system and shipments through the Ust-Luga port.

Oil shipments from Kazakhstan to Germany via the Druzhba pipeline ceased from May 2026 owing to technical infrastructure-related limitations on the transit side. Kazakhstan shipped 1.02 million tonnes of oil to Germany via the Druzhba pipeline in January-April 2026. The country had planned to export approximately 3 million tonnes along this route in 2026.

In 2025, Kazakhstan shipped 2.1 million tonnes of oil to Germany to the Schwedt refinery via the Druzhba oil pipeline.