Rompetrol to enter Turkish market
The Rompetrol Group is interested in the Turkish market and is exploring oil product distribution possibilities both in cities and rural areas, Rompetrol Senior Vice President Azamat Zhangulov told journalists on Wednesday.
He said there is very strong competition in market of retail sales of oil products. Today Rompetrol Turkey has been established and a strategy is being developing.
Also the company is also in talks with several Turkish companies to join efforts to develop the business of distribution.
The Rompetrol Group is a 100-percent subsidiary of “KazMunaiGas”. “Rompetrol” is a major oil and gas holding of Romania. It consists of three plants, as well as over a thousand gas stations in Romania, France, Spain, Moldova, Ukraine, Bulgaria and Georgia.
“KazMunaiGas” is Kazakhstan’s national operator for exploration, production, processing and transportation. A 100-percent stake in “KazMunaiGas” is owned by Kazakh National Welfare Fund “Samruk-Kazyna”.
Ciclismo: Vinokourov fa beneficenza
L’olimpionico di ciclismo Alexandre Vinokourov ha festeggiato il 39/o compleanno nel suo Kazakhstan mettendo all’asta per
beneficenza la bicicletta e la maglia con cui ha vinto l’oro nella prova in linea ai Giochi di Londra. Il denaro raccolto – oltre 250mila
dollari Usa – servirà ad aiutare bambini malati in attesa di interventi chirurgici. Nel giorno dei festeggiamenti, il 16 settembre scorso,
Vinokourov ha inoltre guidato una pedalata di migliaia di ciclisti amatori per le strade di Almaty.
New foreign minister appointed in Kazakhstan
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev appointed Yerlan Idrisov as foreign minister, presidential press service reported on Friday.
“To appoint Yerlan Idrisov as foreign minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, dismissing him as ambassador of Kazakhstan to the United States,” the report says.
By another presidential decree, former Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Yerzhan Kazykhanov was dismissed and appointed as presidential aide.
Kazakh president orders strengthening of foreign, economic activities
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has instructed the Foreign Ministry to strengthen the country’s foreign, economic activities, the presidential press service said on Friday.
“The work on the foreign and economic affairs of the Foreign Ministry must be strengthened,” Nazarbayev said at a meeting of the Ministry. “We are implementing a programme of industrial and innovative development. Our task is to attract new technologies. It is important to work very pragmatically.”
In particular, Nazarbayev has ordered the strengthening of the embassy’s activity in the countries having serious economic contacts and interests.
“We have come to a point when we have the opportunity to invest abroad,” he said. “If necessary, we can become shareholders in high-tech companies.”
Nazarbayev said that Kazakhstan’s activity in the Customs Union and Common Economic Space must be one of the priorities for the Foreign Ministry in the coming years.
Serik Akhmetov to become new Kazakh PM
Former Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Serik Akhmetov will become the new Prime Minister of the country, presidential advisor Yermukhamet Yertysbaev said in an interview with Trend.
“The issue over him has been resolved and in an hour or two his candidacy will be put forward to the Majlis, and I think the faction of the Nur Otan Party will support his candidacy. I think two other political parties will also support him, as Serik Akhmetov has great experience. He was transport minister, headed the Karaganda region and was trained carefully for this position,”Yertysbaev said.
According to Yertysbaev, Serik Akhmetov’s main task as the new prime minister will be an industrial and innovative programme.
Earlier, Prime Minister Karim Masimov resigned and was accepted by the president.
Yertysbaev also said that the president held a meeting with employees of the Ak Orda, during which he praised Karim Masimov’s work as prime minister.
“The government when led by Masimov worked well. I strongly disagree with conclusions and statements of other experts that there was no innovation component in the activities of the government led by Karim Masimov,” Yertysbaev said.
Tengizchevroil to complete overhaul of two major objects in Kazakhstan
The first overhaul of the Second Generation Plant on “Tengiz” is completed, Thursday’s company report said. Tengizchevroil involved more than 6 thousand people, who worked a total 2.6 million man-hours.
“We outdid all indicators in technical security and time adherence,” the construction manager Gary Ank said. “The local contractors have managed to successfully involve a huge number of workers, mostly local Kazakhs,” he said.
This was the first simultaneous service maintenance overhaul on the two facilities, a type-SGP and the Tengizchevroil sour gas facility. “The overhaul was implemented according to the plan and in the framework of budget,” Brad Midlton, the general manager on maintenance noted. “Following the completion of the overhaul, we started the launch of the plant and brought production to full capacity, considering safety standards,” he said
Kazakhstan and France strengthen bilateral cooperation
Kazakhstan and France have discussed the development of bilateral relations, the Senate of the Kazakh Parliament said on Friday.
The importance of cooperation between two countries at the level of high representative bodies was stressed during Senate Committee Secretary on international relations, defence and security Adil Akhmetov’s meeting with director of the department on continental Europe under the French Foreign Ministry Eric Fournier.
Fournier said that Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev plans to visit France in late October. The visit will give an impetus to further strengthening of Kazakh -French strategic cooperation.
A group on cooperation with French MPs operates in Senate of the Kazakh Parliament.
Akhmetov added that the potential of these groups has not been fully used. Kazakh and French MPs have great opportunities to exchange experience in legislation.
Kazakhstan intends transporting 64 million tons of oil to Black Sea
Kazakhstan intends to transport 64 million tons of oil to the Black Sea by 2020, the first deputy chairman of the board on Corporate Development of the KazMunaiGas national company Daniyar Berlibayev said at a press conference in Astana today.
The press-conference has been devoted to the seventh Eurasian Forum KAZENERGY scheduled for October 2-3 in Astana.
“Kazakhstan intends to ensure delivering 64 million tons of Kazakh oil to the Black Sea by 2020,” Berlibayev said.
He said that the first oil is expected to be obtained from the Kashagan field in the first quarter of 2013.
The Caspian region including this field, will ensure ten per cent of global oil consumption in the next 35 years, Berlibayev added.
Bielorussia-Kazakhstan-Russia: dall’Unione doganale allo Spazio Economico Comune
In occasione della conferenza “L’Unione Eurasiatica: sfida od opportunità per l’Europa?“, organizzata dall’Istituto di Alti Studi in Geopolitica e Scienze Ausiliarie (IsAG) e svoltasi a Roma mercoledì 19 settembre, il Programma “Eurasia” dell’IsAG ha redatto il seguente rapporto.
1. Introduzione
La complessa e articolata storia dell’attuale Unione Doganale fra Bielorussia, Kazakhstan e Russia inizia già a partire dai primi anni Novanta. Il presidente kazako Nursultan Nazarbaev ne è stato probabilmente il primo sostenitore pubblico: nel 1997 dava alle stampe a Mosca un corposo volume dal titolo L’Unione Eurasiatica. Idee, pratica e prospettive (1994-1997), in cui esponeva, sulla base dei colloqui e dei progetti discussi in quegli anni con altri capi di Stato, la sua visione circa la necessità di un’integrazione politico-economica fra Paesi legati dalla storia e dalla geografia.
