The offshore oilfield Kashagan in Kazakhstan, which pumps more than 300,000 barrels per day (bpd), was shut down on Thursday after a gas leak was detected on the site, the field operator said on Friday. “NCOC, the Operator of the North Caspian Project, confirms that on 3 August 2022, Bolashak …
Read More »Kazakhstan Sees Oil Exports Constrained due to Sanctions on Russia
Rising costs and sanctions on Russia have lowered the profitability of oil exports for Kazakhstan’s state oil and gas firm KazMunayGas, which has been forced to accept discounts on its crude being carried via the Russian pipeline network. The CPC pipeline carries oil from Kazakhstan’s Tengiz oilfield to export infrastructure …
Read More »OPEC+ Meets amid Oil Price Complaints, Concerns over Russian, Kazakh Supply
OPEC and its allies remain in firm control of the oil market, key members Saudi Arabia and the UAE said March 29, as the group prepares to meet to decide on May production levels amid an outcry from crude importing countries over tight supplies and rising fuel prices. Market balances …
Read More »Sanctions are Forcing Russian Companies to Consider Moving to Kazakhstan
Companies in Russia hit by the international sanctions imposed in reprisal for the invasion of Ukraine are increasingly exploring ways to relocate to neighboring countries, including Kazakhstan, according to entrepreneurs working in the export sector. Speaking at a press conference on March 23, Alexander Tsygankov, a representative from KazakhExport, a …
Read More »China Eyes Kazakh Coal as Energy Demand Soars
China is the world’s biggest coal consumer. Neighboring Kazakhstan sits on some of the world’s biggest coal reserves. Yet they have never done much business trading the stuff, largely because it is expensive to move by rail. That may be about to change. Rolling blackouts caused by a coal shortage …
Read More »Kazakhstan Plans to Lure Azerbaijani Investors to Finance Renewable Energy Projects
Kazakhstan plans to attract investments from Azerbaijan to fund renewable energy projects, the country’s trade and integration ministry said. “Our countries have launched various projects in the field of oil and gas, subsoil use, and several other sectors,” Trend quoted the ministry as saying on Saturday. “However, there is no …
Read More »World’s Biggest Green Hydrogen Project Announced for Kazakhstan
Germany’s Svevind has announced plans for a colossal green hydrogen project that will place some 45 gigawatts of wind and solar energy generation on the vast steppes of Kazakhstan to produce around three million tonnes of green hydrogen annually. This project will utterly dwarf the biggest project currently in planning …
Read More »European Investors are Going to Produce Green Hydrogen in Kazakhstan
European investors are going to produce “green” hydrogen in Kazakhstan, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan. “Foreign investors see Kazakhstan as an attractive destination for major renewable energy projects,” said the report. As specified, the results of the study of the country’s potential in this direction were reported …
Read More »Kazakhstan will Continue to Increase Oil Production under OPEC+ Agreement
Kazakhstan will continue to increase oil production in May, June and July of 2021 following the 15th meeting of OPEC (Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) and non-OPEC ministers meeting that took place April 1 virtually, the Kazakh Ministry of Energy press service reported. “On April 1, a ministerial meeting …
Read More »Kazakhstan Is Eager to Abandon the OPEC+ Deal
Kazakhstan meticulously studied the lessons of the 2014/2015 oil slump and has so far survived the last 12 months’ market depression with legislative and executive poise. Though still heavily dependent on oil revenues, the Kazakh authorities have seen the tenge depreciate over the course of 2020, digesting most of the …
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