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Shifting from Russia, Ukraine strikes US nuclear fuel deal
Ukraine said Thursday it had reached an agreement with the US-based electric giant Westinghouse to build a nuclear fuel production unit.
05 August 2016
KazMunaiGas threatens action over Romania refinery seizure
Kazakhstan's state oil company KazMunaiGas on Wednesday threatened to seek international arbitration against Bucharest.
28 July 2016
Air France KLM narrows losses, warns of turbulence as pilots' pay cut
Air France-KLM said Wednesday it cut its losses in the first quarter of 2016 but passenger traffic to Paris was affected by terror attacks.
04 May 2016
US Assistant Secretary to visit Kazakhstan
US Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation Thomas Countryman will pay a working visit to Kazakhstan.
25 August 2015
Kazakhstan to host official ceremony to launch international nuclear fuel bank August 27
Yukiya Amano, Director General of the IAEA, representatives of the six nations involved in talks to negotiate the Iranian nuclear program, including Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry will be among those in attendance.
28 July 2015
Low-enriched uranium to start accumulating in IAEA bank in Kazakhstan by 2017
According to an official from the Ministry of Energy, Kazakhstan will start receiving low-enriched uranium into the IAEA bank in 2017.
02 June 2015
Ban of Russian fuel will not cause deficit in Kazakhstan: KazMunaiGas
Kazakhstan has introduced a 45-day ban on import of fuel from Russia. Some are worried that this will be the beginning of a new fuel deficit in the Central Asian economy. KazMunaiGas has a different view.
03 April 2015
Modernization of Kazakh oil refineries may be delayed
The process of modernizing Kazakh oil refineries may have to be delayed, putting additional pressure on the domestic fuel market of Kazakhstan.
12 March 2015
Russia's cheap gas may shut down Kazakhstani oil refineries: Minister of Energy
Cheap gas from Russia can put a stop to the work of Kazakhstan’s oil refineries.
26 January 2015
Fuel eco-standards in Kazakhstan: how feasible?
Kazakhstan is introducing new ecological standards for engine fuel. But experts have some doubts about the effectiveness of this measure.
20 January 2015
Coal-to-gasoline plant to be launched in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan is launching an experimental complex for processing of brown cowl into gasoline and fuel in 2015.
12 January 2015
Kazakhstan bans fuel export
Kazakhstan has introduced a half-year ban on export of fuel outside the territory of the Customs Union.
04 January 2015
What's with the gasoline prices in Kazakhstan?
Kazakh government is lowering gasoline prices. But for how long? And does it address the fuel deficit in the country?
11 December 2014
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan break fuel for water stalemate, reach energy agreement
Heads of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan have had talks in Astana and reached a set of important agreements.
17 November 2014
G20 states spend $88bn in fossil fuel exploration subsidies: report
Leading world economies are spending $88 billion (71 billion euros) a year in fossil fuel exploration subsidies.
11 November 2014
Scientists in Kazakhstan suggest turning gas into gasoline
Scientists from Kazakhstan say they've created a technology to transform oil-associated gas into gasoline and diesel.
08 November 2014
Communists in Kazakhstan slam decision to abandon construction of oil refinery
The People's Communist Party has tagged the decision to abandon construction of the 4th oil refinery in Kazakhstan ill judged and said problems had to be solved by the government not shifted to the shoulders of the citizens.
07 November 2014
Fuel market risks in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan has only three oil refineries, which are not only few but also outdated.
23 September 2014
Fuel deficit in Kazakhstan is there to stay: Vice-Minister
Kazakhstan's 1st Deputy Minister announced that the country could not fully meet its domestic demand.
16 September 2014
Transition to gas pumps in Kazakhstan complilcated, gasoline deficit remains
One of the possible ways to address the recurring gasoline deficit in Kazakhstan is transitioning to gas from petrol and gasoline products. This is easier to say than to do, however.
09 September 2014