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First Vice Energy Minister refutes anticipated substantial petrol prices hikes
Earlier a Senator said that Western oil majors operating in Kazakhstan were willing to supply crude to be processed for domestic consumption at global prices.
03 December 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
Eurasian Economic Union to resolve Kazakhstan's fuel problems
The Eurasian Economic Union, according to the former head of the KazMunaiGas Lyazzat Kiinov, will have a positive effect on the situation with petrol in Kazakhstan.
10 October 2014
Kazakhstan’s Energy Minister on petrol shortages
Back September 16 First Vice Energy Minister told a briefing that petrol production at the three Kazakhstan-based oil refineries in September is estimated at 250 000 tons, with the current monthly demand for petrol standing at 280 000 tons.
01 October 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Kazakhstan has only three oil refineries, which are not only few but also outdated.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
Diesel order 60% above official price cap placed by Kazakhstan government agency
Tengrinews correspondent finds orders on government procurement website to buy diesel at price 60% higher than the price cap set by the Kazakhstani government.
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
Kazakhstan’s Energy Minister suggests carpooling to save on petrol
If there is a possibility, you’d better not commute to work driving a gas-guzzling SUV: Vladimir Shkolnik.
02 September 2014
Additional gas to be imported from Russia: KazMunaiGas Onimderi
KazMunaiGaz will import addition AI-92 gas from Russia to Kazakhstan.
01 September 2014
Man blocks entrance to mayor's office in protest against gasoline deficit in Kazakhstan
A young man has blocked the entrance to the mayor's office with his car in the city of Uralsk in western Kazakhstan. His motifs?
29 August 2014
Fuel deficit creates kilometer-long queues in Kazakhstan
Uralsk is an administrative center of West Kazakhstan Oblast. The Oblast produces both oil and gas. However, since early morning yesterday people in the city have been forming kilometer-long queues to refuel.
29 August 2014
Oil-producing Kazakhstan depends on Russia for gasoline. No way out?
Oil-producing Kazakhstan experienced a significant fuel price hike last week. Vice-Minister of Energy Karabalin spoke to the journalists about the situation and the future of the fuel supplies in Kazakhstan.
28 August 2014
Kazakhstan may remain dependent on Russian petroleum products through to 2019
As of now Russia accounts for 1/3 (1.36 million tons) of all the petrol consumed in Kazakhstan and for about 14% (0.7 million tons) of diesel fuel.
25 August 2014
Gasoline prices spike in Kazakhstan
Gasoline prices have grown 11-12% in Kazakhstan in one step.
22 August 2014
KazMunaiGas executives on necessity of retail fuel price hikes
Kazakhstan-based oil refineries produce a combined 1.9 million tons of AI—92 gasoline a year, with the domestic demand standing at 2.8 million tons.
21 August 2014
Petrol production in Kazakhstan grows 17% from January to June
Earlier the country’s Oil Minister Uzakbai Karabalin assured journalists the country wasn’t going to face any petrol shortages.
16 July 2014
No petrol shortages expected in Kazakhstan: Oil Minister
According to him, now the issue of petrol prices for the second half of the year is on the agenda.
19 June 2014
Gasoline shortage in Kazakhstan is ridiculous: Nazarbayev
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has declared that it was necessary to develop one more oil refinery in the country.
17 January 2014