Kazakhstan faces infrastructure limits, high costs as partners seek more oilKazakhstan's partners are pushing for maximum oil supplies, but infrastructure constraints and steep delivery costs are holding the country back, Energy Minister Yerlan Akkenzhenov said Wednesday."In light of the restrictions in the Strait of Hormuz, our partners are asking us to increase supplies to the maximum," Akkenzhenov told reporters on the sidelines of parliament in Astana."It's obvious that we have infrastructure constraints," he added.The minister noted that alternative routes Kazakhstan could use to boost supplies are "very expensive."On requests to boost deliveries to Indonesia, Thailand and South Korea, Akkenzhenov said shipping a single tanker costs up to $14 million."These are the existing routes (to Indonesia, Thailand and South Korea — IF-K), and there are restrictions in the Red Sea. We are well aware of that. We are looking at options to move oil from the Black Sea, bypassing Gibraltar, then through the Ardennes and on to Southeast Asia. That is the only route available right now, but it is very expensive. We have run the numbers — shipping one tanker comes to $14 million," he said. (ICE ALMATY)

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