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#2 (74), April 2012
A special issue devoted to the ATYRAU OIL & GAS - 2012 ExhibitionExclusive
Oil As a Reserve
Russiais going to form a strategic reserve of oil - a "stash" put aside for a rainy day and simultaneously, according to the plan of the Russian officials, an instrument of influence on world prices for "black gold." Should Kazakhstan follow this example, especially if the two countries have been sharing a common economic space for almost a year?
Atyrau Oil & Gas
Tengizchevroil: 2011 Year in Review
Last year Tengizchevroil focused on celebrating the successes and growth it has experienced as a country and company during the first 20 years of statehood and since oil was first produced in Tengiz in April 1991.
Kashagan: Giant Project for the Benefit of Kazakhstan
This is precisely how zhyrau Kashagan Kurzhimanuly, after whom one of the world’s largest oil field was named, wanted to see his land. After a difficult and sorrowful life, could he have imagined that, many decades later, his name would be linked with the country's hopes and aspirations to join the ranks of the world's leading suppliers of energy resources?
AtyrauNefteMash LLP: Reliability of Equipment and Reputation
The history of AtyrauNefteMash mechanical engineering plant started during the first quarter of the last century, when a new plant was established on the basis of mechanical workshops previously used to service waterborne and railway transport. This new plant launched production of equipment for petroleum operations.
Subsoil Users' Forum: Lessons of the Past, Conclusions for the Future
GRATA Law Firm will organize the IV AnnualForum of subsoil users in Kazakhstan. The event will take place on 4 May 2012 in Almaty. The topic of the Forum will be "Crisis: Lessons from the past, conclusions for the future".
Interteach Has Opened a New Clinic in Atyrau
The company Interteach Medical Аssistance, within the frames of expansion and improvement of a spectrum of rendered services, has opened a new clinic in Atyrau with a total area of 2100 sq. m. located at the address: Vladimirskogo Street, 98 A.
Projects
A Sea of Problems at Sea
Implementation of offshore projects in Northern Caspian (along with the North-Caspian project), geographically adjoining to the territory of the Atyrau region, remains on paper so far.
Embamunaigas: Reserves – a Crucial Issue
JSC KazMunayGas Exploration & Production (KMG EP), developing the fields in the Atyrau region, has faced the need to replenish resources. If at the Uzen field the signs of reserves’ exhaustion are only appearing, than the level of oil production from the majority of fields of revived JSC Embamunaigas is already on the last but one and last phase of exhaustion.
A Second Campaign to Lithuania. Whether KMG needs a plant in Mazeikiu?
In late 2006 the first pages of the large-circulation Polish newspapers carried screaming slogans such as “Mazeikiu has been captured” or “Orlen is in the mouth of the Russian bear”.
Technology
ExxonMobil Upstream Technology. Leading with Innovation and Integrity
ExxonMobil` reputation as an enegrgy industry leader has been build by developing proprietary technologies to discover, develop and produce oil and gas resourses. The abiliti to innovate provides a competitive advantage for the company and it`s business partners.
Legislation
The New Law on Subsoil: More Pluses or Minuses?
The new law “On subsoil and subsoil use” of June 24, 2010, which replaced two previous laws in the country – the Law on Subsoil and Subsoil Use and the Law on Oil – has regulated activity in the sphere of subsoil usefor one and a half years.