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Hovercraft to transport personnel and cargo at Kashagan

The Caspian Falcon hovercraft began operations in the Northern Caspian, Caspian Offshore Construction informed. "Caspian Falcon will provide year-round services for the transportation of personnel and goods between the islands of the Kashagan oil field on the sea shelf of Kazakhstan,...

Royal Dutch Shell affirms commitment to Kazakhstan

The Royal Dutch Shell plans to continue cooperation with Kazakhstan in the nearest 25 years, Andrew Brown, Chief of the company's R&D Department, said at a meeting of the Kazakh President with European businessmen in Brussels. "We are active participants of Kashagan project...

New 5 billion-dollar oil and gas project to start off at Tengiz

66 new wells will be drilled in the field. 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...

Kazakhstan and Russia ready to lift ban on the export of fuels and lubricants from Kazakhstan to third countries

On October 3, a protocol lifting the ban on the export of Kazakhstan's light oil products outside the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union was signed in Moscow, the press service of the Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan reports. During the Russian Energy Week - 2018...

NCOC is developing a new gas re-injection project concept

The North Caspian Operating Company (NCOC, Kashagan operator) consortium is developing an alternative concept for a gas re-injection project that will increase production at the Kashagan field to 450 thousand barrels per day, it is scheduled for implementation after the completion...

Atyrau oil refinery starts production of a new brand of aviation fuel

At the Atyrau oil refinery, the first batch of aviation fuel of the RT brand was produced. Thus, having completed the production of the fuel of the TS-1 brand by September 25, since October, the refinery has completely switched to the production of new products. The aviation fuel...

New chemical plant in Aktau to supply oil, gas industries

A chemical plant will start operating in Aktau in 2020. It will be built by Topan Chemical Industries. According to Gaisa Zhumaliyev, head of the company, the new factory will produce caustic soda and chlorine-containing products. The project value is $70 million. The plant is...

Production at Kashagan in 8 months amounts to 8.4 million tonnes of oil

The volume of oil production in the Kashagan field in eight months of this year amounted to 8.4 million tonnes, Energy Minister Kanat Bozumbayev said. "Three major projects amounted to 35.8 million tonnes, including 8.4 million tonnes at the Kashagan field," K. Bozumbayev said...

Atyrau refinery processed more than 3.5 million tonnes of oil in eight months of 2018

3.502 million tonnes of oil was processed by the Atyrau oil refinery in the eight months of 2018, the public relations service of the company reported. Thus, the fulfilment of the plan of the Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan reached 100%. "At the same time, in August, 457,936...

China to increase volume of gas supplies from Russia and Kazakhstan

China intends to increase the supply of natural gas from Russia and Kazakhstan in the near future, the China News Service reports with reference to the responsible person in the State Energy Administration of China. In addition, China also intends to encourage diversification...

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