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Artificial blood from petroleum products to be produced in Kazakhstan
Scientists from Kazakhstan have developed a new method of production of artificial blood from petroleum products.
18 December 2014
OPEC will not step in to support oil prices: Kuwait
OPEC has no plans to intervene in the oil market to shore up sagging crude prices, the Kuwaiti oil minister said, as Brent crude breached the $60 mark.
17 December 2014
Kazakh Vice Prime Minister visits Berezovka village after mass poisoning of children
Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Berdybek Saparbayev has visited Berezovka village located just several kilometers away from the major oil and gas field Karachaganak, where emissions of hydrogen sulfide took place shortly before the incident.
16 December 2014
Brazil's Rousseff inaugurates nuclear sub shipyard
Brazilian President inaugurated a naval shipyard that will oversee construction of a nuclear-powered submarine and four others to patrol Brazil's long coastline and oil reserves.
13 December 2014
951 Berezovka villagers sign appeal to President
951 Berezovka villagers have signed an appeal addressed to the President and Prime-Minister of Kazakhstan asking to be relocated away from the Karachaganak oil and gas field, citing poor ecological situation in the area and the latest series of incidents involving mass poisoning of children.
12 December 2014
Businesses in Kazakhstan reluctant to enter long-term contracts amid falling oil prices
CEO of Samruk Kazyna Contract Serikbek Yelshibekov said that Kazakh businessmen were becoming reluctant to enter long-term contracts with Samruk Kazyna subsidiaries due to the unstable situation at the oil market.
08 December 2014
Mass poisoning in western Kazakhstan: KPO denies breaching environmental standards
Karachaganak Petroleum Operating B.V. denies breaching environemtal standards in recent hospitalization of children in Berezovka village, several kilometers away from Karachaganak oil and gas field in Kazakhstan.
06 December 2014
Kazakh-French business forum in Astana
Kazakhstan hosted a business forum with French collegues to discuss trade cooperation.
06 December 2014
Hydrogen sulphide emissions at Karachaganak before mass poisoning in Western Kazakhstan
Prosecutor of West Kazakhstan Oblast said there were several hydrogen sulphide emissions at the large Karachaganak oil and gas field before the mass poisoning of children from nearby Berezovka village occured.
05 December 2014
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
Kazakhstan's 2014 oil production figure expected to be lower than 2013 figure: Energy Vice-Minister
Back in 2013 Kazakhstan produced 81.731 million tons of oil, including condensed gas, 3.2% up against 2012.
03 December 2014
29 school students and teachers faint one after another in Western Kazakhstan
25 school children and 4 teachers fainted in a Western Kazakhstan village school one after another.
01 December 2014
Spain's Canary islanders protest against oil drilling
About 200 people, including tourists, formed a giant "SOS" on a beach on Spain's Canary Islands to protest against drilling for oil off the archipelago.
01 December 2014
Overhaul of Shymkent-based oil refinery postponed to spring 2015
Not to slow down the production rates at the start of next year and to keep all the indicators in line with plans, the overhaul has been postponed from this year’s autumn to the spring of 2015: South Kazakhstan oblast governor.
28 November 2014
OPEC mulls oil supply glut weighing on crude prices
OPEC ministers met to try to work out a deal to tackle rising oil supplies that are weighing heavily on crude prices and the cartel's revenues.
27 November 2014
KazMunaiGas to enhance oil recovery at old oilfields
KazMunaiGas, 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.
25 November 2014
Brazil leader vows no interference in Petrobras probe
Brazil's President vowed not to interfere with investigators probing a scandal at the state-owned oil company Petrobras involving political payoffs.
21 November 2014
Oil reserves in Kazakhstan's south to be exhausted in 10-15 years
Crude oil in Kumkol, one of the major oil fields of Kyzylorda Oblast in Kazakhstan’s south, will be exhausted in the next 10-15 years.
17 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
Shymkent Oil Refinery to receive additional $400 million for modernization
Additional money will be allocated to modernize the Shymkent Oil Refinery on southern Kazakhstan. This will help increase the production capacity of the refinery and make it more environmentally friendly.
08 November 2014