Products, Processes & Transportation
Nostrum’s infrastructure is strategically positioned at the crossroads of major central Asian pipelines. Our advantageous location allows the Group to access multiple export markets to support our operations, including three export pipelines and one rail loading terminal.
Quality
- Density – 0.828/cm3.
- API – 39.3 degrees.
- Average Sulphur – 0.55%.
Sales
- PSA requires at least 15% to be sold domestically with remaining 85% exported
- In 2021, 23.5% was sold domestically and the remaining volumes exported in accordance with the PSA, which is in line with the past few years and expectations (i.e. up to 25% of crude oil could be supplied to the domestic market)
Pricing
- Urals-based pricing for pipeline exports
- Domestic sales at over 60% discount
- Prices negotiated directly with the purchaser
Transportation
- During 2021, all exported crude oil volumes were sold through the KazTransOil (KTO) pipeline
- Crude exports are delivered to the KTO pipeline through an extension to our own 120km pipeline from the field site. From here the crude is delivered to Russian ports (please refer to page 15 where we discuss the impact of Russian sanctions resulting from the Russia-Ukraine conflict on our business)
Quality
- Density – 0.740g/cm3
- API – 59.6 degrees
- Average sulphur – <0.06%
Sales
- 100% Exported
- Destinations are the Russian port of Kaliningrad and the Dutch port of Rotterdam
Pricing
- Brent-based pricing, negotiated directly with the purchaser
Transportation
- Sent through our own 120km pipeline from the field site to our own rail loading terminal in Uralsk
- From here it is loaded onto railcars and sent abroad
Quality
- Field-grade quality
- No olefins and low sulphur content
Sales
- 100% Exported
- Destinations include the Russian Black Sea ports, Ukraine and Tajikistan
Pricing
- International Mediterranean LPG price Sonatrach for Black Sea deliveries
- Argus quotations for specified destinations (Ukraine, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Belorussia and Poland)
Transportation
- Loaded onto LPG trucks from the field site to our rail loading terminal in Uralsk
- From here the LPG is loaded onto railcars and sold to third parties
Sales
- 100% sold to KazTransGas.
Pricing
- Price formula agreed until the end of 2024
Transportation
- Sent through our own 17km pipeline from the field site to the connection point with the Intergas Central Asia gas pipeline
- Sold at the connection point