Transneft starts to close down the Shirvanovka-Makhachkala oil pipeline

Azerbaijan hasn’t kept up official negotiations with the company on tariffs for oil pumping through the Baku-Novorossiysk pipeline.

According to the official representative of the oil-transport company I.Demin, Transneft starts to close down the Shirvanovka-Makhachkala oil pipeline at the border with Azerbaijan.

In February of 2014, agreement on pumping of Azerbaijani oil through the Baku-Novorossiysk pipeline will end.

“Since the contract ends in February and we don’t have the new one, we start to close down the Shirvanovka-Makhachkala oil pipeline at the border of Russia and Azerbaijan,” – he said.

I.Demin noted that the Azerbaijani party confined itself to unofficial negotiations with the company.

“We reported them calculations of oil transportation tariffs depending on volumes of the pumping. But we haven’t received any proposals from the Azerbaijan party,” – i.Demin told.

In case of the pumping volume of 1.8 million tons per year that tariff could be 700 rubles per 1 ton, in case of 5 million tons – less than 400 rubles per 1 ton.