Dimash Dossanov, General Director (Chairman of the Management Board) of «KazTransOil» JSC, visited the production facilities of Batumi Oil Terminal LLC (100% of the participation stake belongs to «KazTransOil» JSC) and Batumi Seaport LLC (exclusive rights to manage 100% of the shares), got acquainted with the results of the financial and economic activities of the Batumi Oil Terminal LLC Group of Companies (BOT).
In the first half of 2021, the BOT Group of companies increased the transshipment of oil, petroleum products and gas by 77% compared to the same period last year. The total volume of transshipment of oil cargo amounted to 726 thousand tons. The growth of this indicator is ensured by attracting new cargo of Turkmen origin. In January-June 2021, the transshipment of 198.8 thousand tons of light oil products and 224.2 thousand tons of dark oil products of Turkmen origin was carried out. In addition, as part of the work to attract new shippers, BOT signed a contract for the transshipment of crude oil from Turkmenistan. The first oil deliveries are expected in August 2021. Currently, negotiations are also underway on the issue of transshipment of dark oil products and gas from Turkmenistan.
«KazTransOil» JSC directly owns and manages production assets in Georgia through BOT. BOT provides services for transshipment, pumping, storage of oil, petroleum products and gas, as well as products of their processing using its own berths, technological pipelines and tanks. The competitive advantage of BOT is the flexibility in the storage and transshipment of various grades of oil and petroleum products – including liquefied petroleum gas) - up to 22 types. The capacities of the BOT include 133 tanks, technological pipeline systems, 6 drain overpasses, 3 marinas and 1 remote marinas device.
