Kazakhstan has asked the Russian Federation for the possibility of resuming oil shipments through Druzhba and through Ust-Luga. The Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan has initiated a letter to the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation about resuming the transportation of Kazakh oil through the Druzhba oil pipeline system and shipment through the Baltic port of Ust-Luga, the department said in its response to the Interfax-Kazakhstan request. "The Ministry initiated a letter to the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation on the resumption of the transportation of Kazakh oil through the Druzhba system and the shipment through the port of Ust-Luga.