The first batches of oil from the Kashagan oil field in Kazakhstan were shipped for export on Friday via two pipelines, the Kazakh Energy Ministry said.
Energy majors developing the field have shipped 7700 tonnes of oil through the private CPC pipeline and 18,800 tonnes through a pipeline operated by state-controlled firm KazTransOil, it said in a statement.
Earlier, Kazakh Deputy Energy Minister Magzum Mirzagaliyev said that Kazakhstan expects output at its Kashagan oilfield to reach about 75,000 barrels per day (bpd) by late October.
