Kazakhstan threatened to leave Europe without its oil

If the European Union introduces a carbon tax, Kazakhstan will reorient the supply of its oil to China and the countries of Southeast Asia. The Deputy Minister of Energy of the Country of Zhumabay Karagayev, the Deputy Minister of Energy of the country of Zhumabay Karagayev, was told on a briefing, RIA Novosti reports.

According to him, currently exporting the republic is mostly focused on Europe. But if the threat of additional fees is implemented, the region will remain without oil from Kazakhstan.

At the same time, Karagayev acknowledged that it is necessary to work on the greater ecology and transportation of oil. Thanks to modern technologies, it should be rendered as a smaller negative impact on the environment.

The project of cross-border carbon regulation (tour) The European Commission published on July 14. In it, in particular, it is said about the introduction of a collection of imports of goods with high carbon trail in the period 2023-2026.

It is estimated to be the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Russian companies, a new tax will cost $ 1.8-3.4 billion by 2026. Until the 2030, he may increase to 3.5-6.5 billion, depending on which categories of goods will fall into it.

Specialists do not exclude that when the payment mechanism is corrected in ten years they will reach 12 billion dollars. However, in the current edition of the bill there is no part of carbon areas, which reduces the size of the potential collection.

/Media reports.