Kazakhstan

Max Petroleum Plc, an oil and gas exploration and production company focused on Kazakhstan, is pleased to announce that it has commenced drilling the SAGW-3 appraisal well on the Sagiz West Field in Block E. Total depth of the well will be approximately 1,400 metres, targeting Triassic reservoirs. Source

Tethys Petroleum Limited today provided an update on its activities in Tajikistan and also gave a brief update on oil transportation in Kazakhstan. At the Beshtentak field, work is still ongoing on the BST20 well, which initially tested at rates in excess of 600 barrels of oil per day (bopd). …

Max Petroleum Plc, an oil and gas exploration and production company focused on Kazakhstan, is pleased to announce today an operational update of its activities in the Blocks A&E Licence area in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The Company has matured three additional prospects into its drillable post-salt prospect inventory based …

Roxi, the Central Asian oil and gas company with a focus on Kazakhstan, is pleased to announce that it has been advised by the Ministry of Oil & Gas of the Republic of Kazakhstan that its operating Company, Galaz and Company LLP, (“Galaz”) has received approval for gas flaring for …

Roxi Petroleum, the Central Asian oil and gas company with a focus on Kazakhstan, is pleased to announce that the NK-10 well spudded on 28 November 2011 reached a total depth of 1505 metres on 18 December 2011. The preliminary interpretation of wireline logging indicates that the well encountered oil …

Max Petroleum Plc, an oil and gas exploration and production company focused on Kazakhstan, announced today that the Kazakh Government has approved a 3 month extension of Max Petroleum’s trial production project for the Zhana Makat Field until 15 March 2012. The extension is expected to provide the necessary time …

Roxi, the Central Asian oil and gas company with a focus on Kazakhstan, is pleased to announce that the BNG well 136 on the North Yelemes structure was spudded on 16 December 2011. Drilling is expected to take approximately 40 days and the well is planned to drill to a …

BG Group today announced that the Republic of Kazakhstan (RoK) and the contracting companies in the giant Karachaganak gas-condensate field in north-west Kazakhstan have reached an agreement that will support the further development of the field. The agreement, effective from 30 June 2012 on satisfaction of conditions precedent, involves Kazakhstan’s …

Max Petroleum Plc, an oil and gas exploration and production company focused on Kazakhstan, announced today that the ASK-2 well has been drilled to a total depth of 3,412 metres without encountering any viable reservoirs in the deeper Triassic section, which was the primary objective. The well will now be …

Roxi Petroleum, the Central Asian oil and gas company with a focus on Kazakhstan, is pleased to announce that it has been advised by the Ministry of Oil & Gas of the Republic of Kazakhstan that its operating Company, BNG Ltd LLP, (“BNG”) has received approval for gas flaring for …