Kuryk

Kuryk is a selo and the administrative center of Karakiya District in Mangystau Region in western Kazakhstan.

Kuryk is being developed as a port to export crude oil from the Kashagan oil field across the Caspian Sea to Baku, where the Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline will transport it to Turkey.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Resinex » Blog Archive » Kuryk: a turnkey port in Kazakhstan". Resinextrad.com. Retrieved 2014-05-13. The Kashagan oil field crude will be transported from Aktau to Kuryk, then across the Caspian until Baku where with the aid of the BTC pipe-line (Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan), onto Turkey.

Coordinates: 43°12′N 51°39′E / 43.200°N 51.650°E / 43.200; 51.650

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