Exclusive: Kazakhstan to start oil sales via Azeri pipeline to bypass Russia

Kazakhstan is expected to sell some of its crude oil through Azerbaijan’s biggest oil pipeline from September, as the nation seeks alternatives to a route Russia threatened to shut, three sources familiar with the matter said.
Oil prices edge up on Kazakhstan, Libyan supply worries
Oil prices edged up on Monday as supply disruptions in Kazakhstan and Libya offset worries stemming from the rapid global rise in Omicron infections.