Recently, the Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan responded to the aviation fuel shortage issue at Nur-Sultan Airport. Previously, Nur-Sultan Airport had claimed that there was a fuel shortage, which affected the normal operation of the airport.
Air Astana and SCAT Airlines both said jet fuel reserves were close to critical levels.
The Ministry of Energy of Saxony stated that airports and airlines should solve the aviation fuel supply problem in advance and on their own, including arranging partial imports if necessary. This is the business behavior of the business entity.
In order to solve the fuel shortage problem at Nur-Sultan Airport, Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Energy has taken the following measures: In October, major refineries across the country increased production of aviation fuel by 2,000 tons.
Part of it will be allocated to Nur-Sultan Airport; large suppliers will sign oil supply contracts for November as soon as possible and speed up refinery supply;
A large supplier has been appointed to provide an additional 700 tons of aviation fuel to Nur-Sultan Airport.
Kazakhstan's Ministry of Energy notified relevant airports and airlines of the maintenance plan for the Pavlodar petrochemical plant as early as early September.
Airports can purchase aviation fuel not only from large suppliers, but also from small suppliers at commercial prices.
Taking into account the improvement of the Russian jet fuel market situation, we may consider importing some jet fuel from Russian refineries.
Kazakhstan’s annual import quota from Russia is 300,000 tons, but it only imported 55,000 tons in the first 10 months of this year.