On 26 July 2019 JSC NC “KazMunayGas” (KMG), the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Eni S.p.A. signed the “Abai” area hydrocarbons exploration and production contract. Under the signed contract, principal minimum obligations are drilling of one exploratory well...

7 June 2019, KMG CEO Alik Aidarbayev and LUKOIL President Vagit Alekperov signed I-P-2 Heads of Agreement as part of their participation in Saint-Petersburg International Economic Forum. The document has been signed to formalize the negotiated and agreed partnership conditions...

Karachaganak Petroleum Operating BV (KPO) intends to begin supplying gas condensate to the Condensate refinery. According to the Minister of Energy, Kanat Bozumbayev, the company intends to stabilise the gas condensate itself, and the excess will be sent to the Kazakhstan plant. According...

KLPE, an affiliate of the United Chemical Company (UCC), initiated Kazakhstan’s first world-scale GSU project, which, with its total capacity of 1,250 ktpa, is to supply feedstock to the polyethylene plant in the Atyrau Region. ILF Consulting Engineers (ILF) is delighted to have...

In January 2019, the Atyrau Refinery processed 469,916 tonnes of crude oil, which comprised 101.7% of the plan. For comparison, in January 2018, the plant processed 440,803 tonnes, that is, almost 30,000 tonnes less, the press service of the company reported. Socially significant...

Richard Hove was appointed the Managing Director of the North Caspian Operating Company by the decision of the shareholders of the North Caspian project. He replaces Bruno Jardin, who served as the NCOC's Managing Director since December 2015. This was reported by the press service...

A meeting between the president of SOCAR, Rovneg Abdullayev, and the Kazakh delegation led by Alik Aydarbayev, chairman of the board of the KazMunayGaz oil company, was held in Baku. The Kazakhstan delegation was also represented by the Deputy Chairman of the Board for KazMunaiGaz...

The first gasoline additive manufacturing plant in Kazakhstan will be built in the Pavlodar SEZ, the Pavlodar-online reported. “The enterprise will be located in the Pavlodar special economic zone. The development of the design and estimate documentation for the future plant...

The MARTin robotic complex cleans the tanks and processes the bottom sediments at the Caspi Bitum plant, Mirrico Group of Companies reported on January 17, 2018. Works are carried out in accordance with the requirements of industrial safety, in the terms established by the customer....

The first batch of paraxylene of the Atyrau Oil Refinery in a total volume of 300 tonnes was sent to China on Wednesday, December 12. Last week, the AOR reported on the start of shipment of paraxylene. Paraxylene along with another petrochemical product - benzene - is a product...