Pavlodar petrochemical plant to receive one million tons of Russian oil by year end
One million tons of Russian oil will be delivered to the JSC Pavlodar Petrochemical Plant (PPCP) before the end of the year, general director of the company Shukhrat Danbay told Trend.
“In October, the plant received 500,000 tons of Russian oil. Another 500,000 tons of raw materials from Russia will be delivered during each of the remaining months – November and December,” Danbay said.
He noted that the plan for processing amounted to five million tons this year. There have been no disruptions in the supply of raw materials from Russia since the autumn,” Danbay said.
The Pavlodar refinery was built in the 1970s, during the Soviet Union occupation and initially was technologically oriented on processing Russian crude oil from fields in Western Siberia.
Kazakhstan’s rankings increase
Kazakhstan has ranked ninth in the “Doing Business 2013” ratings, improving its position in the rankings by seven points, the Kazakh Economic Development and Trade Ministry said on Tuesday.
“In addition, this year Kazakhstan has entered the list of the countries that have shown significant improvements in facilitating business within last year,” the statement noted.
According to the “Registration of companies” indicator, Kazakhstan rose by 30 positions (from 55th to 25th place), which is due to simplifying the procedure of establishment and removal of a claim on payment of minimum capital within three months after registration.
Tashkent, Astana to discuss bilateral cooperation
Kazakhstan’s ambassador Boribay Zheksembin discussed the agenda issues of the forthcoming 12th session of the intergovernmental commission on Uzbek-Kazakh cooperation with the Foreign Ministry of Uzbekistan, the Kazakh Embassy press service reported.
According to the Uzbek Foreign Ministry, during the meeting the sides also discussed the implementation of agreements reached at the Uzbek-Kazakh summit in Astana on September 6-7, 2012. They exchanged views on further development of cooperation in the political, diplomatic, economic, trade, cultural and humanitarian fields.
As was reported, early in September, President Islam Karimov made an official visit to Kazakhstan.
Rivista di studi geopolitici Eurasia dedica l’ultimo numero sul Kazakhstan
Il 24, 25 e 27 ottobre 2012, rispettivamente a Roma, Modena e a Milano, sarà presentato l’ultimo numero della rivista Eurasia, interamente dedicato all’ex Repubblica Sovietica.
A cavallo tra Europa e Asia. Per anni sotto il dominio dell’Unione Sovietica. Il Kazakhstan viene presentato all’interno del nuovo numero della rivista di studi geopolitici Eurasia, che dedica l’intero giornale all’ex Repubblica, indipendente dal 1991.
La rivista, intitolata per l’appunto “Kazakhstan: il perno eurasiatico della storia”, sarà presentata il 25 ottobre 2012 a Modena (ore 21) presso la sala conferenze “Circoscrizione centro storico”, in Piazzale Redecocca 1, e il 27 ottobre 2012 a Milano (ore 15.30), presso la Sala Consiliare di via Sansovino, 9.
Durante gli incontri interverranno Aleksandr Dugin, docente di filosofia all’Università di Stato di Mosca, fondatore del Movimento Internazionale Eurasiatista e membro del Comitato Scientifico di “Eurasia. Rivista di studi geopolitici”, insieme al direttore della rivista Claudio Mutti e a un rappresentante della Camera di Commercio Italo Kazaka. La rivista è stata presentata anche a Roma il 24 ottobre 2012 (ore 17), in occasione della conferenza “L’Unione Eurasiatica nel mondo multipolare”, organizzata presso la sala “Lucrezia” dell’Hotel Royal Santina, in Via Marsala 22.
Per maggiori informazioni: www.eurasia-rivista.org
New General Director appointed at Kaztransgas Onimderi
Bolat Tusupov has been appointed as a new general director of KazTransGas Onimderi company in accordance with a decision of KazTransGas Board of Directors, KazTransGas said on Thursday.
Earlier, Tusupov served as advisor to Director General at Transmash company.
KazTransGas Onimderi former director has been appointed as Chairman of Autogas company Board (a subsidiary of KazTransGas Onimderi company).
KazTransGas company was established in 2000 to organize the work in the oil and gas industry and to work on the corporate asset management in the exploration, production, transportation and distribution of gas.
KazTransGas Onimderi’s main activities are: organizing, exploiting, maintaining and servicing the infrastructure of liquefied and compressed gas consumption, as well as other types of hydrocarbons and fuel resources.
Grano: l’export kazako aumenterà notevolmente in Novembre
Secondo l’Agenzia BNews.kz, il segretario esecutivo del Ministro dell’Agricoltura kazaka Yevgeny Aman ha affermanto che in Novembre aumenterà notevolmente l’esportazione di grano kazako. Il relativo calo registratosi in Agosto-Settembre era abbastanza logico, perchè legato alla campagna di raccolta. L’alto funzionario del Ministero ha fatto presente che il Paese detiene stock importanti e che un ammontare di 400.000 tonnellate da esportare ogni mese è del tutto plausibile, secondo le previsioni degli esperti.
The Netherlands’ investements in Kazakhstan
Expert: Extension of production sharing agreement on Kazakh project of Kashagan unlikely
The extension of a production sharing agreement (PSA) on Kashagan Kazakh oil and gas project is unlikely, the Department Director of Due Diligence “2K Audit – Business Consulting / Morison International” Alexander Shtok stated.
“Today, Kazakhstan does not need agreements on production sharing. This mechanism was required when the country had no funds for development of the oil and gas industry. Currently, Kazakhstan is experiencing no difficulties in attracting investments, this is why cooperation with investors in the PSA format is not relevant. Moreover, Kazakhstan is trying to reconsider the PSA conditions for foreign investors in their favor. Therefore it will be difficult to extend the terms of the PSA on Kashagan, the energy expert Shtok told on Saturday.
The only Kazakhstan’s building-construction plant to be erected in Kostanay
The contract was signed on October 11 between Kostanai Akim (Mayor) Gauez Nurmukhambetov, management of Kostanai MBI and partners from Germany in the person of Director General of Likon company Viktor Lichtner, commercial director of EBAWE Uve Seits, the company’s finance director Ekkert Verner and head of sales department of Progress Holding Iohan Aukentaler. The delegates met with Akim (Governor) of Kostanay oblast Nuraly Saduakassov.
“This is only the beginning of our cooperation with Kostanay. We discussed and thought over all the details and signed the contract and memorandum on social and economic cooperation in erection of the building-construction plant as part of Kazakhstan’s Affordable Housing-2020 program,” Director General of Likon company said.
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Oil training center to be created in Atyrau
An oil and gas training center will be created in Atyrau with Canadian experts, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
“The Kazakh delegation composed of the heads of ministries and akimats, led by Deputy Prime Minister Erbol Orynbayev visited Canadian city (Alberta) on October 15-16. Main purpose of the visit was to conduct a final stage of negotiations with the management of the Polytechnic Institute of Southern Alberta (SAIT Polytechnic), chosen as a strategic partner in the creation of the Inter-regional center of professional training and retraining in the oil and gas sector in Atyrau,” the report said.
Start of the main phase of the project is scheduled for 2013.
