Kazakhstan and Germany plan to cooperate on energy security, including oil and gas supplies to Europe, it is noted in a declaration adopted by the presidents of Kazakhstan and Germany, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Frank-Walter Steinmeier, following the Kazakh leader’s official visit to Berlin, APA reports. “The presidents welcome close cooperation to strengthen energy security and […]
Seven OPEC+ members have agreed to increase collective oil production by 188,000 bpd in August, continuing the gradual rollback of voluntary production cuts while reaffirming their commitment to maintaining market stability.
Kazakhstan’s giant Karachaganak oil and gas field cut crude production by more than a quarter after a drone attack forced the shutdown of a processing plant in Russia that handles its gas.
Major oil producer Kazakhstan plans to commission a new refinery by 2033 to eliminate domestic fuel shortages and become a net fuel exporter, The Caspian Post reports, citing Vice Minister of Energy, Kaiyrkhan Tutkyshbayev.
Kazakhstan has filed a formal bid with the U.S. Treasury seeking authorization to buy out the Kazakh assets of Russia’s sanctioned oil firm Lukoil, Kazakhstan’s Energy Minister Yerlan Akkenzhenov said on Wednesday.
Kazakhstan’s largest oil producer is preparing to resume output at the giant Tengiz field, a further step to normalize the nation’s supply to global markets after a series of disruptions in recent months.
The National Investment Corp., a unit of the Kazakh central bank that manages part of the country’s $60 billion oil fund, sees data centers and other AI architecture as a path to stronger returns in a challenging environment, CEO Serikzhan Rysbekov said in an interview at the firm’s headquarters in Astana.
Kazakhstan’s national oil and gas company KazMunayGas is looking to borrow cheaper funds from overseas debt issues, including bonds denominated in Chinese yuan, the firm’s chief executive Askhat Khassenov told Bloomberg.
“We looked at all options. Currently there is a possibility to sell dim sum, panda bonds,” Khassenov said in an interview with Bloomberg published on Wednesday.
Kazakhstan’s national oil company KazMunayGas (KMG) says it is fully prepared to navigate recent oil price volatility, even as global benchmarks hit new lows and concerns mount over falling state revenues.
Despite the slump, driven largely by OPEC+ plans to increase output, KMG Deputy Chairman Aset Magauov stated that the company remains confident in its resilience.
OPEC+’s audacious bid to punish its oil-quota cheats prompted a renewed plunge in crude on Wednesday, as growing tensions with Kazakhstan stoked fears of an escalating price war.
Oil markets have been jittery since early April, when the producers’ group led by Saudi Arabia stunned traders by accelerating the revival in its output. This was an apparent effort to discipline over-producing members by driving down prices, yet Kazakhstan — the greatest offender — has continued to pump as usual at its biggest fields.