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Pavlodar Petrochemical Plant (PPP) has closed down for scheduled repair works.

• 26 июня 2014, 15:22

The US will allow two companies to export unrefined oil for the first time in four decades, taking steps to break a ban on crude exports, The Wall Street Journal reported.

• 25 июня 2014, 12:31

Chevron, Lukoil and other major companies are eyeing a new Eurasia Project in Kazakhstan, an oil production project in the Caspian Lowland.

• 19 июня 2014, 13:48

Members of the Kashagan project have signed a memorandum with the Kazakhstan Government on stages of the oilfield's development.

• 18 июня 2014, 14:43

North Caspian Operating Company (NCOC) informed that the transition to a new operator of the Kashagan project started back in May 2014.

• 18 июня 2014, 13:12

Royal Dutch Shell on Tuesday announced it was reducing its stake in Australia's Woodside Petroleum, selling Aus$5.3 billion (US$5.0 billion) in shares as it focuses its Australian growth in directly-owned assets.

• 17 июня 2014, 10:52

The US military temporarily grounded its entire F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jet fleet at the weekend after an apparent engine oil leak, the latest glitch for the much-vaunted program.

• 16 июня 2014, 13:08

Richard Rockefeller, great-grandson of US oil tycoon and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller, died Friday in a plane crash in New York. He was 65.

• 14 июня 2014, 12:36

The Lower House of the Kazakh Parliament (Majilis) has adopted a draft law to ratify the agreement between Kazakhstan and Russia on cooperation in transportation of Russian oil to China via Kazakhstan.

• 11 июня 2014, 17:46

Exxon Mobil, an American major multinational oil and gas corporation and world’s third largest company by revenue, may take over as Kashagan's new operator.

• 07 июня 2014, 16:44

A massive explosion at a Shell oil plant in the Netherlands followed by a fire left two people injured Wednesday, authorities said.

• 04 июня 2014, 11:18

El Salvador on Monday announced it has joined Petrocaribe, the Venezuelan energy subsidy program that gives access to cut-rate oil.

• 03 июня 2014, 13:40

Pirates have released an Indonesian-bound Thai tanker after stealing its oil cargo, in the latest attack in Southeast Asian waters, the International Maritime Bureau said.

• 02 июня 2014, 12:03

Venezuela announced Friday it would repay a small part its debt to local importers, after currency controls have sparked mass shortages of basic goods in the oil-rich country.

• 31 мая 2014, 13:20

Norwegian coastguards on Friday removed a Greenpeace ship from a controversial Arctic drilling site where it was trying to prevent oil explorations, the environmentalist group said.

• 31 мая 2014, 12:54

The Spanish government on Thursday gave oil giant Repsol the green light to explore for oil and gas off the coast of the Canary Islands, a move that environmental groups described as "unjustifiable".

• 30 мая 2014, 12:17

Prominent Russian politician Igor Shuvalov talked about benefits of the Eurasian Economic Union in Kazakhstan's Astana.

• 30 мая 2014, 01:06

A 998-tonne oil tanker was listing off the Japanese coast Thursday after a large explosion and subsequent fire that sent towering columns of acrid smoke into the sky.

• 29 мая 2014, 13:50

The new operator will comprise best specialists employed with member companies of the consortium: Oil Minister Uzakbai Karabalin.

• 27 мая 2014, 16:33

Kazakhstan National Geographic Association urges to protect 30% of Kazakhstani land from economic activity.

• 26 мая 2014, 13:26