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The Main Trends of the Oil Year

At the beginning of the new year, Petroleum Journal offers to recall the most significant events of the past year, 2018.

The New Head of KazMunayGas

On November 20, 2018, the management of the national oil and gas company was changed. Alik Aidarbayev was appointed Chairman of the Board of  NC KazMunayGas JSC.

TOTAL – A Partner of Choice

The 2018 year had been significant for Total Group in Kazakhstan for several reasons. First of all, in 2018 we had celebrated the 25th anniversary of Total E&P Kazakhstan activities in Kazakhstan... Second, Total is a proud shareholder of the North Caspian Operating Company...

Constitution of the Caspian Sea

On August 12, Aktau hosted the fifth Caspian Summit, which was attended by President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, President of Iran Hassan Rouhani, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.

Oil Chronicles

November 7, the Chairman of the Board of the national company KazMunayGas Sauat Mynbayev commented on the Paradise Papers offshore scandal. "At the moment, I am not a shareholder at Meridian Capital”, noted in response to a request of Interfax-Kazakhstan.

On November 6, the international consortium of investigative journalists published so-called Paradise Papers - documents relating to offshore companies, associated with many political figures from different countries. According to the publication of the consortium, Mynbayev is a shareholder in Bermuda-registered company Meridian Capital Ltd.