PRIME IMPORTANCE TASKSOF THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY WILL BE DISCUSSED AT ATYRAU OIL AND GAS 2022, THE REGIONAL EXHIBITION

Atyrau Oil and Gas 2022, the 19th North Caspian Regional Exhibition, will be held for the first time in a new location - the Abay Center, and, by tradition, it will become an effective platform for discussing pressing issues of the oil and gas industry and demonstrating the latest equipment from leading manufacturers.

The oil and gas complex of Kazakhstan plays a significant role in the development of the country, providing a significant part of tax revenues to the country’s budget and forming about a quarter of GDP. According to the press service of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in March 2022, the Government considered and adopted the Program to increase the income of the population until 2025. BolatAkchulakov,Minister of Energy,noted that within the framework of the Program, it is planned to localize new production facilities necessary for the oil industry, including through a mechanism of financing from ChevronDirect Investment Fund. Also, a step-by-step design will be carried out for large oil and gas fields in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The creation of a petrochemical cluster provides for the implementation of 7 projects, the construction of which is carried out in Atyrau and West Kazakhstan regions. Also, according to the Minister, in the near future we are waiting for the modernization of the energy complex that meets the requirements of sustainable development of the country’s economy.

The atmosphere of lively business negotiations and effective networking, which annually prevailsat the Atyrau Oil and Gas exhibition platform, will provide oil and gas companies, representatives of the state apparatus and industry associations with the opportunity to discuss a number of relevant issues in the field of oil and gas extraction, in the production of oil and gas equipment, development of infrastructure and further steps for the step-by-step implementation of the Program.

Over60 companies from Belarus, Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Turkey, Russia and the USA take part in the 2022 exposition. These are oil and gas extracting companies, oil and gas exploration and extraction organizations, manufacturers of oil and gas equipment, personal and industrial protection equipment, automation and instrumentation, oilfield service companies such as Akbarys Protection, Alimay, ALMATY CONSOLIDATION CENTER, Brucke Energy, Caspian Radio Services, ISH, SAFETY SYSTEMS LTD, SAVOIR FAIRE group of companies, Agran, Engineering and Technical Center branch of Intergas Central Asia, Sulzer Kazakhstan, Kraft Spedition, LINKMASTER KAZAKHSTAN, Uraltrubodetal plant, STM SYSTEMS, TRANSTELECOM, Honeywell ACSLLP, PERGAM-KAZAKHSTAN, HYTORC Kazakhstan, ELMETRO-ENGINEERING, Weighing Equipment Plant, Ishimbay Machine Building Plant, SANSORS MINERALS, KhRS-Export, Avangard Oil Service, New Technologies and others. The exposition will feature the National Group organized by Export Support Center of the Republic of Bashkortostan and a collective stand of the Yaroslavl region.

In addition to the exposition, which introduces oil and gas professionals to the latest industry innovations, as well as assists increase sales and expand the geography of sales of oil and gas equipment, a rich business program will be held as part of Atyrau Oil and Gas 2022. On April 6, the first day of the exhibition, a Plenary meeting will be held with the participation of the Akimat of Atyurau region. The main leitmotif will be: “Development of the oil and gas industry of the Atyrau region”, and separate sessions will be devoted to issues of local content, staff training and digitalization.

The following companies will hold their demonstration seminars: Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC-K), Tengizchevroil LLP, Rosen Europe B.V., KMG Engineering, AYACOM LLP, North Caspian Operating Company N.V.

The content of the business program will be complemented by a business tour to the Center for Scientific Laboratory Research of the Atyrau branch of KMG Engineering LLP. During the business tour, a presentation of the activities of the Atyrau branch and a tour of the laboratory blocks will take place.

The General Partner of the Atyrau Oil and Gas 2022exhibition is Tengizchevroil. Gold Partner isCaspian Pipeline Consortium. The Technical Partner of the event is AYACOM.

Official support for the events is provided by the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Akimat of Atyrauregion, KazMunayGasNCJSC, KAZENERGY Kazakhstan Association of Oil-Gas and Energy Sector Organizations ALE, KAZSERVICE Association of service companies, PETROCOUNCIL.KZCouncil for the Development of Strategic Partnerships in Oil and Gas Industry, Association of Petroleum Geologists of Kazakhstan (KONG).

The organizer of the event is Iteca,the Kazakhstan exhibition company.