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South Stream in the Kazakhstan Manner

#5 (77), October 2012 special issueSouth Stream in the Kazakhstan Manner

New domestic gas pipeline will enable Kazakhstan to launc gas export to China and to install gas in the south of Kazakh stan as well. On August 1, 2012 Beineu-Shymkent Gas Pipeline LLP initiated fullscale installation of Beineu-BozoyShymkent main gas pipeline to link the gas-bearing regions in Western Kazakhstan to energy resource-hungry South Kazakhstan that imports gas from Uzbekistan.

Mistakes Corrected. Astana Adjusts Plans on Caspian Shelf Development

#4 (76), September 2012 special issueMistakes Corrected. Astana Adjusts Plans on Caspian Shelf Development

Kazakhstan, which claims most of the Caspian shelf’s proven and estimated resources, is revising plans for its development. It has been two years since President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a decree abolishing the failed 12-year state program to develop the Kazakhstan Sector of the Caspian Sea (KSCS), which began in 2003 (see “Missed Possibilities”, Petroleum, No. 2, April, 2011).

The Most Innovative Project

#4 (76), September 2012 special issueThe Most Innovative Project

Sholpan Khaidargaliyeva, director of petrochemistry and technical regulation department of the Ministry of Oil and Gas of the RК, in an interview to Petroleum tells about the project for the construction of the integrated gas chemical complex in the Atyrau region

Why China? Companies from the Celestial Empire continue to press competitors on the market of equipment and service

#4 (76), September 2012 special issueWhy China?   Companies from the Celestial Empire continue to press competitors on the market of equipment and service

The wind blowing through the mountain pipe of the Dzungarian Gates during the winter overthrows railway rolling stocks. The snow covers customs facilities up to the roofs. Beyond the range of the Tien Shan Mountains lies a vast country China. A tenuous thread – the Silk Road – hasn’t been torn in two thousand years.

Tengizchevroil at the Start of the Future Growth Project

#3 (75), June 2012 Tengizchevroil at the Start of the Future Growth Project

At one of the key oil-fields in Kazakhstan, Tengiz, the shareholders of joint venture Tengizchevroil (TCO) are starting to implement a new large-scale project to expand extraction capacities - the Future Growth Project. It will allow the JV to increase production of hydrocarbons by more than 4 % in comparison to current indices.

A Sea of Problems at Sea

#2 (74), April 2012 special issueA Sea of Problems at Sea

Implementation of offshore projects in Northern Caspian (along with the North-Caspian project), geographically adjoining to the territory of the Atyrau region, remains on paper so far.

Embamunaigas: Reserves – a Crucial Issue

#2 (74), April 2012 special issueEmbamunaigas: Reserves – a Crucial Issue

JSC KazMunayGas Exploration & Production (KMG EP), developing the fields in the Atyrau region, has faced the need to replenish resources. If at the Uzen field the signs of reserves’ exhaustion are only appearing, than the level of oil production from the majority of fields of revived JSC Embamunaigas is already on the last but one and last phase of exhaustion.

A Second Campaign to Lithuania. Whether KMG needs a plant in Mazeikiu?

#2 (74), April 2012 special issueA Second Campaign to Lithuania. Whether KMG needs a plant in Mazeikiu?

In late 2006 the first pages of the large-circulation Polish newspapers carried screaming slogans such as “Mazeikiu has been captured” or “Orlen is in the mouth of the Russian bear”.

Kazakhstan Has Entered the Karachaganak Project

#1 (73), February 2012 Kazakhstan Has Entered the Karachaganak Project

On December 14, 2011, in Astana, in the presence of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Karim Massimov, the ceremony was held of signing the Agreement on the Settlement of Disputes between the government of the RK and the consortium Karachaganak Petroleum Operating B.V. (KPO). The share of Kazakhstan in the Karachaganak project has reached 10 %.

Cancellation of PSA: the Second Wave

#1 (73), February 2012 Cancellation of PSA: the Second Wave

The Zone of Inviolability

The position of Ak Orda is unambiguous, and it is legally reflected in the new legislation of the RK on subsoil use: it is not envisaged the conclusion of new PSAs in Kazakhstan

KPO and Kazakhstan: Partnership in a New Format

#6 (72), December 2011 KPO and Kazakhstan: Partnership in a New Format

Sustainable development means not just the provision of the country’s forward movement; it is a whole complex of measures in which exploitation of natural resources, creation of new sources of growth, development of personality and institutional changes in the society are harmoniously coordinated with each other. For the western region of Kazakhstan, the investments of the international consortium Karachaganak Petroleum Operating B.V. (E^PI^), developing the Karachaganak oil and gas condensate field, promote the sustainable development in such understanding.

The Project of the 21st Century

#6 (72), December 2011 The Project    of the 21st   Century

Preparations for the launch of commercial extraction at the Kashagan field is proceeding to plan, production is to begin on schedule, this was announced by Umberto Carrara, managing director of Agip KCO, which is responsible for implementing Phase I of the North Caspian Sea Project.

TENGIZCHEVROIL - A Symbol Of Welfare And Prosperity Of Kazakhstan

#6 (72), December 2011 TENGIZCHEVROIL -  A  Symbol Of Welfare And Prosperity Of Kazakhstan

History of oil wealth development in Kazakhstan started one hundred twelve years ago, in 1899. Today oil production is a basis of the fast developing economy of Kazakhstan.

Tengiz oilfield is a true national heritage of Kazakhstan.It was discovered in 1979 and was put into operation in 1991. More than 30% of total Kazakhstani oil production volume is produced here.  

When One Should Help...

#6 (72), December 2011 When One Should Help...

Atyrau Oil Refinery LLP (ANPZ) is one of the largest enterprises in its sector and has been considered the leader in domestic industry since its establishment more than half a century ago. The plant is renowned for its manufacturing capacity and economic reliability. But how do the workers feel? What social support do they receive? We asked Talgat Baytaziyev, Director General of ANPZ, about this.

Priority to Energy Efficiency

#5 (71), October 2011 special issuePriority to Energy Efficiency

In the last decades, it is marked a stable and steady rise in the prices on energy resources in the world. The prices rise on oil, gas and electric power. Such situation is caused by the lack of energy resources and their non-renewable ability combined with the constantly complicating methods of their production.

 

The second factor impacting on the rise in the prices on energy resources is the growth of industrial production, especially in China and on the Asian markets that demands the new volumes of resources. And, finally, the third factor is connected with deterioration of environmental conditions due to the use of these resources in receiving electric power and other types of energy.

CPC Expansion is Given a Start!

#4 (70), October 2011 special issueCPC Expansion is Given a Start!

A solemn ceremony of the start of building works under the expansion project of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium’s oil pipeline took place on July 1, 2011 in the area of the oil pumping station A`tyrau in western Kazakhstan. The event’s significance was emphasized by participation in the ceremony of the Minister of Oil and Gas of the Republic of Kazakhstan Sauat Mynbayev, the Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation Sergey Shmatko