Kazakhstan to significantly increase gas productionFirst Vice Minister of Energy Uzakbai Karabalin said that Kazakhstan would significantly increase gas production and, as a result, become self-sufficient.
KazMunaiGas to enhance oil recovery at old oilfieldsKazMunaiGas, the national oil company of Kazakhstan, presented a new project of enhanced oil recovery at the Annual Caspian Technical Conference and Exhibition of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) in Astana.
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Energy Ministry official on Ukraine’s readiness to purchase gas from KazakhstanAccording to him, Kazakhstan’s gas can only be supplied to third countries across Russia; and within the agreements currently in place, access to Russia’s gas transportation system can only be provided to meet energy needs of the Eurasian Economic Union member states.
EU, Russia, Ukraine seal breakthrough gas accordRussia agreed to resume gas deliveries to war-torn Ukraine through the winter in an EU-brokered, multi-billion dollar deal signed by the three parties in Brussels.
Alternative energy will not replace traditional energy: NazarbayevPresident of Kazakhstan said that traditional energy was not possible to replace with alternative sources, which is why Kazakhstan should not be afraid of that its economy is based on raw materials.