Global Terminals
Global Terminal Network Across Major Energy Hubs
ТОО “Astana-Trans-Oil” has strategically positioned its terminal assets at four of the world’s most important petroleum trading, storage, and distribution hubs. Together, these four locations form a globally connected infrastructure network that enables clients to move, store, blend, and trade petroleum products from Central Asia’s production heartland to the world’s most liquid energy markets.
Terminal 1: Kazakhstan — Domestic Hub & Caspian Gateway
Location | Key Ports / Sites | Products Handled | Strategic Role |
Kazakhstan | Astana (HQ), Aktau (Caspian), Pavlodar, regional depots | LNG, CNG, LPG, crude oil, diesel, gasoline, fuel oil | Domestic production gateway; Caspian oil export corridor; national gas distribution |
Our Kazakhstan operations are the foundation of the entire Astana-Trans-Oil business. We own the Tamdy gas field — our upstream production asset — and operate LNG processing, storage, and distribution infrastructure connecting the Caspian coast with the inland population and industrial centres. Kazakhstan’s Caspian ports of Aktau and Kuryk handle approximately 80% of the country’s oil exports, with strategic expansion projects — including the US$6.8 billion Tengiz field expansion completed in 2025 adding 260,000 bpd — driving rapid growth in export volumes through our terminal infrastructure.
Our Kazakhstan terminal network is aligned with the government’s Comprehensive Development Plan 2025–2029, which prioritises LNG infrastructure expansion, rural gasification, and the development of new gas pipeline corridors including the Aktobe-Kostanay and Taldykorgan-Usharal lines. We are a central logistics partner in these national infrastructure programmes.
Terminal 2: Rotterdam, Netherlands — European Oil Trading Hub
Location | Port Area | Products Handled | Key Infrastructure |
Rotterdam, Netherlands | Europoort / Maasvlakte | Crude oil, refined products, chemicals, biofuels, fuel oil | VLCC deep-water berths, multi-product pipelines, refinery connections, blending, bunkering |
Rotterdam is Europe’s largest seaport and the continent’s primary oil trading and distribution hub. Our Rotterdam terminal in the Europoort area occupies a strategic position that provides VLCC access — capable of receiving vessels of over 300,000 DWT — and pipeline connections to more than ten refineries across North West Europe, as well as dedicated jet fuel pipeline connections to key international airports.
The Port of Rotterdam handles millions of tonnes of crude oil, refined petroleum products, chemicals, and LNG annually, and serves as the pricing reference point for much of Europe’s petroleum trade. Our terminal offers above-ground tank storage for the full product spectrum — fixed-roof, internal and external floating-roof, heated, and cryogenic tanks — alongside fully equipped loading and unloading infrastructure, blending facilities, drumming services, and a bunkering operation serving the thousands of vessels that call at Rotterdam each year.
- Total storage capacity: multiple tank configurations across crude, product, and chemical classes
- Berth capability: VLCC, Suezmax, Aframax, MR, and coastal vessel classes
- Pipeline connections: 10+ refineries, jet fuel airport pipeline, main product distribution grid
- Blending: gasoline component, marine fuel VLSFO, diesel specification blending
- Bunkering: VLSFO, HSFO, MGO supply by shore pipeline and bunker barge
- Customs status: bonded warehouse facility for duty-deferred product storage
Terminal 3: Houston, Texas, USA — US Gulf Coast Energy Hub
Location | Port Area | Products Handled | Key Infrastructure |
Houston, Texas, USA | Houston Ship Channel | Residual fuel oil, crude oil, refined products, chemicals | Deep-water berths, extensive pipeline network, blending, rail, road gantries, bunkering |
Houston’s Ship Channel is one of the world’s most important petroleum trading and export corridors. The US Gulf Coast exported a record 2.5 million barrels per day in 2025, and Houston remains the dominant hub for residual fuel oil, crude oil, and refined product storage, blending, and export. Our Houston terminal — strategically located on the Ship Channel — provides direct access to this market through deep-water berths, extensive pipeline connectivity, and world-class storage infrastructure.
Our Houston operation specialises in residual fuel oil and crude oil storage, blending, and bunkering — serving the major oil companies, international trading firms, carbon black manufacturers, and bunker suppliers that operate in this premier North American energy market. Our facilities are equipped with pressurised tanks for volatile products, nitrogen compensation systems, and advanced vapour return systems that meet both US EPA and international environmental standards.
- Location: Houston Ship Channel — widest and most liquid oil trading corridor in North America
- Products: Residual fuel oil (HSFO, VLSFO blend), crude oil, gasoil, refined products
- Berths: Deep-water access for VLCC, Suezmax, Aframax class tankers
- Pipeline: US Gulf Coast crude and product pipeline connectivity for receipt and despatch
- Rail: Rail car loading and unloading for inland receipt and distribution
Bunkering: IFO 380, IFO 180, VLSFO blend, MGO for US Gulf Coast vessel fleet
Terminal 4: Fujairah, UAE — Middle East & Indian Ocean Gateway
Location | Port Area | Products Handled | Key Infrastructure |
Fujairah, UAE | Port of Fujairah — outside Strait of Hormuz | Crude oil, fuel oil, clean products, chemicals, LNG | Deepwater berths, STS lightering, blending, SIRE-approved bunker barges, inter-terminal pipeline |
Fujairah is one of the world’s most strategically important petroleum storage and bunkering hubs — positioned on the eastern coast of the UAE, outside the Strait of Hormuz, it serves as the critical gateway between Middle Eastern oil production and the Indian Ocean trade routes connecting to Asia, East Africa, and beyond. The port handles approximately 20 million tonnes of liquid bulk annually and is the world’s second-largest bunkering centre by volume.
Our Fujairah terminal is interconnected with the port’s extensive pipeline network linking all major storage operators to the deepwater berths and oil tanker terminal — enabling inter-terminal trading, cargo blending, and efficient vessel turnaround that makes Fujairah the preferred hub for Middle East crude and product operations. Our SIRE-approved double-hull bunker barges provide marine fuel to vessels at anchorage and berth around the clock, covering all major ISO 8217 bunker grades.
- Location: Port of Fujairah — strategic position outside Strait of Hormuz, Indian Ocean access
- Products: Crude oil, fuel oil, clean petroleum products, LNG, chemicals
- Berths: Deep-water access; STS lightering for VLCC cargo splitting
- Storage: Full spectrum — crude, residual, clean products, chemical tanks
- Bunkering: VLSFO, HSFO, MGO, LSMGO — SIRE-approved double-hull barge fleet, MFM-equipped
- Inter-terminal: Pipeline connections to all major Fujairah terminal operators
Refinery: Access to 80,000 BPD refinery and crude processing units at Fujairah