westward route provides some

Buffering and Rebalancing in the Near Term In the near term, three possibilities present themselves. First, Kazakhstan can modestly increase export volumes via the Aktau–Baku maritime corridor, feeding into the Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline. This westward route provides some diversification, though its utility is bounded by throughput constraints, weather variability on the Caspian Sea, and high transport costs. It remains a redundancy mechanism rather than a primary conduit. หนังใหม่2025