Struggle for Tengiz
The Kazakhstan’s government to settle the dispute with TCO. Probably, this means the coming to a compromise on Karachaganak. details >>
Karachaganak: The affair is coming to a head
Western mass media distributed the information that the KPO participants had agreed their share in the Karachaganak project by 10% in favor of the Kazakhstan’s government. details >>
Kashagan can wait
Postponement of the term of implementation of the Kashagan Project Phase 2 is conditioned by the savings on costs details >>
The struggle for Caspian resources is not far off
There is the entire West-East gas infrastructure in Central Asia appears, ready to supply fuel flows to China. There is nothing impossible if we have the sales market and good infrastructure. details >>
There will be bread, but sulfur
The solving of such important task for the republic as the disposal of sulfur waste in Kazakhstan depends directly on the prices in the external grain market. details >>
From the Caspian to the Black Sea
Nursultan Nazarbayev proposes to build a new pipeline, connecting the Caspian and the Black Seas, which would be connected also to the Pan-European Oil Pipeline from Constanta in Romania to Trieste in Italy. details >>
LEGISLATION
The law stimulates the local content
The Law on Mineral Production was amended in part of the efficient use of the casing-head gas: The processing of it in order to further get the energy carriers or raw material for the petrochemical industry. details >>
By-pass routes or modernization of straits
Turkey insists on the creation of a by-pass route for oil transportation, which will be the alternative to the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits, and supports the project of construction of the Samsun-Ceyhan oil pipeline. details >>