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Posted on September 4, 2025
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Rosneft has secured an additional 2.5 million tons of oil supply to China via Kazakhstan, enhancing trade ties amid geopolitical shifts.
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) -Russia's largest oil producer Rosneft has secured an additional deal on supply of 2.5 million metric tons of oil per year to China via Kazakhstan, Interfax news agency quoted Russian Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev as saying on Thursday.
Russia has deepened trade and political ties with China following the rift with the West over the conflict in Ukraine. China and India have become largest buyers of Russian oil in the past several years.
Interfax reported in May, citing Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, that China had proposed Russia to boost oil transit via Kazakhstan by 2.5 million tons per year.
In 2024, the transit totalled 10.2 million tons, or around 204,000 barrels per day.
(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin and Darya Korsunskaya; Editing by Jacqueline Wong/Guy Faulconbridge)
Rosneft has secured an additional deal to supply 2.5 million metric tons of oil per year to China via Kazakhstan.
Following the rift with the West over the conflict in Ukraine, Russia has deepened its trade and political ties with China.
China proposed that Russia boost oil transit via Kazakhstan by 2.5 million tons per year, as reported by Interfax.
In 2024, the total oil transit amounted to 10.2 million tons, which is approximately 204,000 barrels per day.
The details of the oil supply agreement were reported by the Interfax news agency, citing Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak.
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