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Oil Сhronicles. January - April
January, 2014
For violation of the Energy Charter Treaty and “deprivation of the oil business» caused to the Moldovan businessman Anatol Stati, the owner of an offshore company Tristan Oil Ltd., International Court of Arbitration awarded Kazakhstan to pay $ 1.5 billion.
Oil Сhronicles. May - September
April
From April 1 the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Regulation of Natural Monopolies approved the increase of the tariff rate and the tariff estimates on the oil pumping through the oil pipeline system regulated service, provided by JSC KazTransOil . The tariff on the oil pumping through oil pipeline system regulated service, provided by JSC KazTransOil, has been approved in the amount of: for export - T5817, 2/1000 TKM exclusive of VAT; for the domestic market-T2931, 8/1000 TKM exclusive of VAT.
Projects
Reforming Deeply. The Global Reform in Geological Sector is Being Planned in Kazakhstan
In recent years, the geology of Kazakhstan has clearly demonstrated a systemic crisis: growth of hydrocarbons production and minerals exceeded the replacement of resources. “Once powerful state geological service turned into a bureaucratic machine, lacking the production or research organizations in its structure,”- shares Asset Issekeshev, Minister of Investment and Development of the RoK,- “Most of the private geological exploration companies (...) proved themselves as non-competitive in the real-life conditions.Some of these companies were historically supported by the Committee of Geology due to the government orders.
Maersk Oil Launches New Oil Gathering Facility
Maersk Oil has commissioned the first of 15 trunk lines of the new oil gathering system at the Dunga field in Mangystau Oblast, operated by Maersk Oil and in partnership with with Partex Corporation and Oman Oil Company Limited.
Specific Features of Implementing Unratified International Agreements in Oil and Gas Industry at the Example of Imashev Field
On September 7, 2010, the Agreement on collaboration on geological study and exploration of transboundary Imashev gas-condensate field (hereinafter - Agreement) was signed between the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Russian Federation.
Technology
Asset Integrity
Designing systems with confidence for new and harsh environments.
Successfully implementing integrity management systems for decades.
Focusing on the fundamental science behind engineering decisions.
Treatment and Reuse of Industrial Waste Water
Industrial waste water, generated in oil refining process, shall be purified at the mechanical treatment facilities; further, the water is supplied to the biological wastewater treatment unit, and only afterwards, it shall be drained to the evaporator pond via the canal for the standard cleaned water.
Presentation
HMS Group Pumping Systems for Oil Transportation Pipelines
"… arrange special pipes from oil wells to factory and further to the sea shore to supply oil both to factory and sea vessels” – this thought by Dmitri Mendeleev, published back in 1863, can be apparently considered as an inception point of creating the pipeline transportation system for oil and petroleum products in Russia.
Cars for Oilmen: Generation NEXT
The new GAZ brand vehicles, presented in October in Astana Kazakhstan Motor Show, are already available for sale at the network of Virazh car dealers throughout Kazakhstan. GAZ proposes the oil businesses in Kazakhstan the buses for rotation workers, trucks, special machinery for exploration, laboratories, technical crews, ambulances and mobile intensive care units. Moreover, the vehicles can be customized, in accordance with the buyer’s needs.
Applied Aspects of Corporate Business Developmentin the Private Medicine Market
Corporate management in the private medicine market is not a new phenomenon, but the level of penetration of such standards in domestic practice still remains low. Despite the initiatives taken by a state, the national health care system is in need of quality revision of management and regulatory approaches to the formation of professional and independent cluster in the market of private health care services.
Legislation
Legal Precedents in the Consideration of Tax Disputes Involving Subsoil Users
The influence of the mining industry on the economy of our country is great. It is therefore difficult to overestimate the importance of tax legislation, which isdesigned on the one hand, to encourage the growth of investment in this sector of the economy, and on the other to contribute to building a socially oriented state.