Azerbaijan to export oil to the Czech Republic

Azerbaijan to export oil to the Czech Republic

Azerbaijan will start oil exports to the Czech Republic via Ukraine next year, the vice-president of state oil company SOCAR has said.

"Oil transportation to Ukraine, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland does not depend on political agreements. At present, we are discussing the final details on this. We will begin oil transportation to the Czech Republic from next year," Elshad Nasirov told journalists.

Azerbaijan supports the supply of 2 million tonnes of refined oil via Ukraine to the Czech Republic per year, he said.

Ukrainian state energy company Naftogaz is holding talks with Azerbaijan on the supply for oil for refining at Ukraine's Kremenchug refinery, the deputy chairman of the Naftogaz board, Vadym Chuprun, told journalists in Kiev on Tuesday. A delegation left for Baku on 19 September to discuss the deal, Chuprun said.

It has not yet been announced whether Azerbaijani oil refined at Kremenchug will be the basis of supplies to the Czech Republic.

Azerbaijani oil already meets some 25% of the Czech Republic's oil needs. Azerbaijani crude is supplied to Czech refineries at Kralupy via the Italian port of Trieste. The plans for export via Ukraine constitute a new route.

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