MORE THAN 2 THOUSAND GUESTS ATTENDED THE NORTH-CASPIAN REGIONAL BRANCH EXHIBITIONS ATYRAU OIL&GAS AND ATYRAU BUILD

The 19th North Caspian Regional Exhibition "Atyrau Oil&Gas" and 19th North Caspian Regional Exhibition of Construction "Atyrau Build" finished its work with the participation of 67 companies from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Russia, USA and Turkey. The exposition also included a national stand of the Export Support Center of Bashkortostan and a collective stand of the Yaroslavl region of Russian Federation. During the three days of the exhibition 2,347 profile visitors managed to visit, and 71% of the exhibitors have already reserved an area for 2023.

The opening ceremony was attended by Makhambet Dosmukhambetov - the Ex-Akim of Atyrau region, Murat Zhurebekov - First Vice-Minister of Energy of Kazakhstan, Ilyas Ospanov - Chairman of the Industrial Development Committee of the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kairgeldy Kabyldin - Deputy General Director of CPC for liaison with the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Olivier Lazare - Managing Director of North Caspian Operating Company N.V., Rzabek Artygaliyev - General Manager for Government and Public Relations of Tengizchevroil LLP, Rashid Zhaksylykov - Chairman of the Presidium of KazService Union, Asylbek Zhakiyev - Chairman of the Petrocouncil, Kosan Taskinbayev - Vice President of KSOG, and Boris Danilenko - Director of Iteca Exhibition Company.

During the plenary session on the development of the oil and gas industry of the Atyrau region, the Ex-Akim of the Atyrau region, Makhambet Dosmukhambetov mentioned the great prospects of the oil and gas industry, its importance in the economy of the country for the next years, emphasizing the special role of the Atyrau region. According to him, in the future, with the launch of the Future Expansion project at the Tengiz field and increased production at Kashagan, the share of the Atyrau region in the oil production of the republic will reach 65%.

- President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev instructed to continue work on diversifying the economy, increasing the range of goods produced, and expanding the geography of exports. Therefore, we prioritize the development of high value-added products and the manufacturing industry. For example, the Atyrau Oil Refinery is already producing about 20 types of products by deep processing of raw materials. "On the basis of oil and gas production, we will intensively develop the high-tech industry of petrochemical industry," said the Ex-Akim of Atyrau region.

First Vice-Minister of Energy of Kazakhstan - Murat Zhurebekov, Vice-Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development of Kazakhstan - Marat Karabayev, Managing Director of NCOC - Olivier Lazar, General Director of the International Center for Oil and Gas Machine Building Development ("IMB Center") - Marat Karimov also presented their views at the plenary session.

First Vice-Minister of Energy of Kazakhstan, Murat Zhurebekov said that such investment projects as construction of a gas processing plant with capacity of 1 billion cubic meters of gas per year, modernization of gas re-injection compressors and others are implemented under the North Caspian project. Murat Zhurebekov, in his speech, emphasized the special importance of petrochemical industry development for the country's economy and the role of Atyrau region in this issue.

–Considering the dynamic growth of the RES share in the global energy balance, carbon neutrality and the forecasted decline in demand for hydrocarbons as fuel, in the future hydrocarbons will be mainly used for the production of petrochemical products. In order to develop petrochemical industry in our country, a special petrochemical zone has been created in the Atyrau region, called the National Industrial Petrochemical Technopark. Considering the prospects for petrochemiсal industry, taking into account the raw materials available for it, including gas from Tengiz and Kashagan field, we did not choose Atyrau region for nothing as a new development point for the industry and national economy as a whole," Murat Zhurebekov noted.

The members of the plenary session agreed that great hopes are expected of this gas processing plant. Investing in associated gas utilization projects will reduce harmful emissions into the atmosphere, thereby benefiting the environment, and allow the country to capitalize on its significant gas reserves.

As part of the Local Producers Forum at Saltanat Saraiy, Tengizchevroil Company revealed how it creates conditions for import substitution and develops Kazakhstani suppliers. To date, more than 2,500 suppliers of goods and services are registered in the database, but not all domestic companies meet the requirements. In 2021, TCO has identified 5 priority product lines for development together with domestic enterprises, these are stop valves, flanges/fittings, pressure vessels, control and measuring instruments and electrical equipment.

During the three days, Tengizchevroil LLP, NCOC, Caspian Pipeline Consortium-K, KMG Engineering, Rosen Europe, АҮASOM, APEC Training Center LLP have held the seminars, workshops and presentations on such topics as social projects of oil and gas companies, development of local content and human capital, selection of goods and services suppliers in oil and gas companies.

The visitors of the exhibition are managers and specialists of various companies from Kazakhstan and foreign countries noted the effectiveness of the exhibition for the establishment of useful contacts, as well as an excellent level of organization of events.

Traditionally, the exhibitors were awarded with commemorative diplomas in several categories. So the diploma in the nomination "Debut of the Year" won the National stand of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Gateway Ventures company presented the most informative stand, the most welcoming team at the stand had Layher company, and AYACOM had the most effective advertising company. Honeywell presented the most beautiful stand design and received the nomination "Best Corporate Stand Display".

A special award in honor of the 100th anniversary was awarded to Embamunaygas. The organizers expressed their gratitude to the Atyrau Oblast Akimat for its comprehensive support and fruitful cooperation. Tengizchevroil LLP was awarded "Our Long-Term Partner and Participant". And the award "For long-term support and fruitful cooperation" was gained by two companies at once Caspian Pipeline Consortium-K JSC and AYACOM.

The exhibitions were officially supported by the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Akimat of Atyrau region, KazMunayGas NC JSC, Kazenergy Association, KazService Union, Petrocouncil and Kazakhstan Society of Oilmen and Geologists.

Tengizchevroil LLP is the General Partner of Atyrau Oil&Gas 2022 Exhibition. Caspian Pipeline Consortium is the Golden Partner. The technical Partner of the event is AYACOM.

The organizer of the event is Iteca Kazakhstan Exhibition Company.