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Oil Chronicles. January - February 2023

#4 (142), September 2023 Oil Chronicles. January - February  2023

January 11, Kazakhstan's Minister of Energy, Bolat Akchulakov, announced plans to supply 1.5 mln tons of oil to Germany via the Druzhba pipeline in 2023. KazTransOil JSC has received confirmation from the Russian Federation's Ministry of Energy to transport 300 thous. tons of Kazakstanih oil through Transneft's main pipeline system towards the Adamova Zastava oil delivery point for further supply to Germany in the first quarter of 2023. The oil transit will be carried out under an agreement between the governments of Kazakhstan and Russia dated June 7, 2002.

Oil Chronicles. March - April 2023

#4 (142), September 2023 Oil Chronicles. March - April  2023

Starting March 1, Dmitry Makeev has been appointed as the Deputy Chairman of KazMunayGas, where he will oversee the oil refining and petrochemical sector. Since December 2019, Makeev held the position of Director of the Oil Refining and Petrochemicals Department at the national company. From 2005 to 2019, he worked at the Atyrau Refinery, progressing from an operator to the Managing Director for Technology. 

Oil Chronicles. May 2023

#4 (142), September 2023 Oil Chronicles. May 2023

From May 1, KazTransOil has increased its oil transportation tariffs for export by 2-3 times. The most significant hike was in the cost of loading oil into rail tank cars at the Kasymov oil pumping station in the Atyrau region: from 409.57 tenge per ton (excluding VAT) to 1,213.20 tenge per ton. The oil transshipment at the Shmanov PS to the Kenkiyak - Atyrau pipeline for export outside Kazakhstan has risen from 500 tenge to 1,000 tenge. 

Oil Chronicles. November-December 2022

#1 (139), February 2023 special issueOil Chronicles. November-December 2022

November 1, five new compressor units were put into operation at the Kazakh Gas Refinery in the Mangystau region, which allowed a 20% increase in the volume of gas received for processing.

Oil Chronicles. June 2022

#6 (138), December 2022 Oil Chronicles. June 2022

Starting June 1, NCOC commenced the turnaround of the Kashagan offshore and onshore facilities. A turnaround is one of the most critical planned activities, which implies a complete production shutdown for a short period once every few years as dictated by regulatory compliance and business needs. Large-scale work, with a volume of more than two mln man-hours, is planned to be completed within 45 days.

Oil Chronicles. July 2022

#6 (138), December 2022 Oil Chronicles. July 2022

July 1, the Caspian Pipeline Consortium resumed the shipment of oil from two Single Point Moorings (SPM) out of three after the downtime of SPM-1 and SPM-2 in connection with the seabed inspection of the CPC marine terminal for the presence of explosive objects.

Oil Chronicles.August 2022

#6 (138), December 2022 Oil Chronicles.August 2022

August 3, a ministerial meeting of the countries participating in the OPEC+ agreement was held in a videoconference format. Kazakhstan was represented at the meeting by Minister of Energy Bolat Akchulakov.

Oil Chronicles. September 2022

#6 (138), December 2022 Oil Chronicles. September 2022

The new head of TotalEnergies in Kazakhstan, Mr. Frode Ljones, has started work. He worked at TotalEnergies for more than 16 years before being appointed to Kazakhstan as CFO, Financial controller in Norway, and Deputy Vice President for Budget and Financial Control of TotalEnergies Group in Paris. In August 2022, he was appointed head of TotalEnergies in Kazakhstan.

Oil Chronicles. October 2022

#6 (138), December 2022 Oil Chronicles. October 2022

October 1, repair and maintenance work began at the Atyrau Refinery. A phased repair of technological facilities is planned, so the plant will not stop completely. During the repair, in October-November, it is intended to process 692 thous. tons of oil, at 11,347 tons per day, an average of 68% of the plant's design capacity. The refinery's transition to a stable regime is also planned to be carried out in stages until the second decade of November 2022. Previously, it was scheduled to start repair work in September. However, to stabilize the fuel market, the repair was postponed to October 1

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#4 (136), September 2022 Oil Chronicles

January 2022

Starting January 6, in pursuance of the instruction of the President of the country, given on January 5 at a meeting with the Government on the stabilization of the socio-economic situation, for 180 days, the maximum prices for the retail sale of petroleum products (including VAT) have been set at the following level

Oil Chronicles 2021

#2 (134), April 2022 special issueOil Chronicles 2021

October 7, the Russian holding SIBUR, the Samruk-Kazyna Fund, and the national company KazMunayGas signed agreements on the basic conditions of cooperation on petrochemical projects in the territory of the National Industrial Petrochemical Technopark special economic zone in Atyrau.

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#5 (131), October 2021 OIL CHRONICLES 2021

July 1, as part of a Package deal between the shareholders, the integration of the staff of the Karazhanbas group of companies was officially completed. 

Oil Chronicles 2021

#4 (130), September 2021 Oil Chronicles 2021

January. Gasoline from Atyrau refinery is certified for compliance with EU standards.

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#4 (88), September 2014

Оctober 2013

October 2 NC «KazMunayGas» JSC (KMG) and international company «Schlumberger Logelco» Inc. have entered into a memorandum of understanding on cooperation within the 21-th Kazakhstan International "Oil & Gas" Exhibition and Conference KIOGE in Almaty. The main areas of cooperation under this Memorandum are evaluation and optimization of KMG deposits production, exploration, exploitation, production. The memorandum also provides for the training of KMG technicians  through practical experience and by sending to Schlumberger units and training facilities.

 

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#4 (82), September 2013 special issueOil Chronicles

 October 2012
EP KMG informed “about signing of a supplement to the following contracts: No.37 oilfield Kenbay; No.61 oilfield South-East Novobogatinskoye; No.211 oilfield Botakhan, Makat, Dossor, Tanatar, Kamyshitovoye and etc. - totally 23 oilfields; No.413 oilfield Prorva, Kulsary, Karaton, Koschagyl and etc. - totally 15 oilfields; No.327 oilfield Taysogan; No.992 oilfield Novobogatinskoye Western”. According to the document this supplement was concluded  between the Ministry of oil and gas of the RK, JSC EP KazMunayGas and JSC Embamunaygas.