Exports of crude oil from Kazakhstan can be limited in case Turkey overlaps Black Sea straits

Almaty. December 2. Silkroadnews - Oil exports from Kazakhstan may be limited in the case Turkey overlaps Black Sea straits, says the agency TASS citing the official representative of JSC "Transneft" Igor Demin.
"Russia has enough surplus pipeline capacity. In case Turkey overlaps Black Sea straits, we can redirect those volumes of oil to meet its delivery obligations", - stated in the publication.
According I.Demin under international law, Turkey "has no right to the overlap of the Straits". Anyway, Russia in all areas have a surplus of pipelines, and  in case of "lockout, we can easily transfer these supplies to Druzhba, BTS-1, BTS-2, Ust-Luga and Primorsk. We do not mention the railway transport", - said the representative of "Transneft".
I.Demin recalled that Turkey, in accordance with the Montreux Convention, may regulate the passage of only warships. For merchant ships, Montreux Convention retains freedom of passage through straits in peacetime and in wartime. Thus, in the present situation there is no legal basis to close the Straits to Russian courts.
In case of closure of the straits or restrictions for Russian ships to carry oil and oil products, Turkey violates international law, in particular the Montreux Convention. Moreover, the majority of ships carrying Russian hydrocarbons in the Black Sea straits do not use Russian flag. They use the flags of friendly countries for easily registration of ships.
If we talk about the resources that are exported from the territory of Kazakhstan, he added, the choice of alternative destinations for the export of oil is very limited. Since export volumes of Kazakhstan by "Tengizchevroil" may be sent by rail through Russia in the amount of 8 million tons per year. and at the same time via the Black Sea can be transported around 13-15 million tons of oil from the Caspian retained resources.