Prime Minister Askar Mamin: New industrialization should meet new challenges
“Last year, the processing industry showed a high dynamics and growth of 4.1%. Attracted investments for 1.1 trillion tenge. More than 13 thousand jobs have been created,” said Askar Mamin, noting the need to pay attention to a number of issues. First. Mechanical engineering should be one of the drivers …
Kazakhstan has Gained $132 Billion Since Tengiz Development Start
Kazakhstan has received $132 billion over the years of development of the Tengiz oil and gas field located in Atyrau region, Kazinform correspondent cites the press service of TCO. “Since 1993 through September 2018, TCO’s direct financial payments to the Republic of Kazakhstan exceeded $132 billion. This includes salaries for …
New 5 Billion-Dollar Oil and Gas Project to Start off at Tengiz
Chairman of the Presidium of Kazakhstan’s Union of oilfield related companies Rashid Zhaksylykov told about the new projects in the oil and gas sector in Kazakhstan, BNews.kz correspondent reports. The oil and gas sector is active in the country. Positive trends in oil prices have revived the sector: a start …
Kazakhstan Intends to Produce Over 104 mln tons of Oil Per Year by 2025
Kazakhstan intends to produce more than 104 million tons of oil per year by 2025. This was announced by Kazakh Energy Minister Kanat Bozumbayev at a government hour on the development of the oil and gas sector in Kazakhstan on May 21. The volume of investments in major projects that …
Kazakhstan’s Oil Exports Hit 24 Million Tons
The volume of export of Kazakh oil since the beginning of the year amounted to 24.1 million tons. This was announced by Energy Minister Kanat Bozumbayev at a government meeting on May 15. Today the situation in the market of petroleum products is stable, there is no shortage of fuel …
Kazakh Oil Companies Want to Compete with Foreign Majors for Contracts
Kashagan, Tengiz and Karachaganak account for 75% of all oil and gas service contracts in Kazakhstan By Kulpash Konyrova Industry leaders like US giants Chevron and ExxonMobil, Russia’s LUKoil and China’s CNPC carry out massive oil production operations in Kazakhstan, investing billions of dollars and employing up to 17,000 people …
Kazakhstan: A Market of Possibilities for Russian Oilfield Service Companies
In August, 2016 the Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan shared its plans for abandonment of 126 offshore Caspian wells before 2019. And this is just the tip of the issue. The majority of the countries land wells are out-of-date and their rate of decline is accelerating. In Kazakhstan, it is …
TCO: Tengiz Field Waiting on Final Decision for 12m Ton Increase in Production
It is planned to adopt a final decision on financing the Wellhead Pressure Management Project / Future Growth Project (WPMP / FGP) of the Kazakh field Tengiz in the first half of 2016, according to the information on the results of activities of the Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan for …
Beyond Oil and Gas: Kazakhstan Bets its Future on Reform
Recent events in Ukraine and Russia’s anti-Western rhetoric and military posture force European energy consumers to look for alternatives for Russian hydrocarbons. One of the possible suppliers of both oil and gas could be Kazakhstan, which boasts the largest hydrocarbon resources in the oil-rich Caspian basin. Kazakhstan is among the …
Kazakhstan Oil & Gas. 2014 Results and 2015 Industry Development Outlook
Introduction Among the FSU (former Soviet Union) countries, Kazakhstan has the second largest liquid hydrocarbon fields after Russia. According to the Republic of Kazakhstan State Commission for Mineral Reserves, the recoverable oil reserves in the country are estimated at 4.1 billion tonnes (30 billion barrels) including onshore fields (more than …