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Photo courtesy of cisnews.org Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan exchange blows as latter prepares to join Customs Union Kyrgyzstan has decreased water supplies to Kazakhstan twofold, following a three month hold up by Kazakhstan’s customs authorities of the Russian petroleum products destined for Kyrgyzstan.
23 July 2014
Three injured in oil refinery fire in western Kazakhstan A fire occurred at an oil refinery in Aktobe Oblast on July 16.
21 July 2014
© Yaroslav Radlovsky 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
©Reuters/Amit Dave Government slaps $579 million penalty on India's Reliance The Indian government has announced a new penalty of $579 million on the country's largest private company, Reliance Industries, for failing to meet commitments to supply gas for the fourth year in a row.
16 July 2014
Photo courtesy of newskaz.ru. Kazakhstan to expand cooperation with OPEC Kazakhstan, a Central Asian oil producer, will expand its cooperation with the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
14 July 2014
Kashagan oil field. ©Reuters Kashagan to be developed by consolidated company Kashagan will be developed by a consolidated joint venture company.
14 July 2014
Photo courtesy of abali.ru Gold shines as investors seek shelter; oil drops again Gold prices zoomed this week to a four-month peak as investors sought shelter from weak eurozone data and fears of contagion from a bank's problems in Portugal, dealers said.
12 July 2014
Iraq Kurds claim oilfields as bombings kill 28 Iraq's Kurdish region claimed disputed northern oilfields on Friday in another blow to efforts to forge a united front against a jihadist-led onslaught, as twin bombings killed 28 people.
12 July 2014
Photo courtesy of kz.china-embassy.org Kazakhstan Parliament ratifies agreement on Russian oil transportation to China via Kazakhstan Kazakhstan’s Senators have ratified the agreement between Kazakhstan and Russia on cooperation in transportation of Russian oil to China via Kazakhstan.
11 July 2014
Photo courtesy of newskaz.ru Oil recovery efficiently to spike 12% in Kazakhstan's west Oil recovery efficiency will be increased from the current 31% to 43% at oilfields in Mangistau Oblast through use of new technologies.
07 July 2014
Oil extends losses on return of Libyan supplies Oil extended losses in Asia Thursday on prospects that Libya will begin exporting more crude into a global market flush with supplies, while easing concerns about the Iraqi crisis also weighed on prices.
03 July 2014
Kashagan is one of the largest oil reserves in the world ©REUTERS Kashagan pipes replacement to increase costs eightfold: expert 700 percent is the estimated increase in the original cost of the Kashagan oil field project after the complete replacement of its pipelines.
01 July 2014
Photo ©munaigaz.kz Pavlodar Petrochemical Plant closes down for overhaul Pavlodar Petrochemical Plant (PPP) has closed down for scheduled repair works.
26 June 2014
©Reuters/David M. Parrott US allows oil exports for 1st time since 1970s: WSJ 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 June 2014
Photo courtesy of oilnews.kz Chevron, Lukoil eyeing new project in Kazakhstan Chevron, Lukoil and other major companies are eyeing a new Eurasia Project in Kazakhstan, an oil production project in the Caspian Lowland.
19 June 2014
Photo ©REUTERS Consortium and Kazakh government agree on stages of Kashagan development Members of the Kashagan project have signed a memorandum with the Kazakhstan Government on stages of the oilfield's development.
18 June 2014
©REUTERS Transition to new Kashagan operator started in May: NCOC North Caspian Operating Company (NCOC) informed that the transition to a new operator of the Kashagan project started back in May 2014.
18 June 2014
©Reuters/Umit Bektas Shell reduces holding in Woodside 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 June 2014
Pentagon temporarily grounds F-35 fighter jets 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 June 2014
Richard Rockefeller. Photo courtesy of heavy.com John D. Rockefeller great-grandson dies in plane crash 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 June 2014

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