Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 31 / Trend A. Badalova /
Some 1,436,426 meters were drilled in Kazakhstan in January-August, 2012 compared to 1,301,832 meters during the same month of 2011, the Central Dispatching Department of the Kazakh Statistics Agency told Trend.
The total volume of drilling operations was fulfilled by 104.2 percent in August, 2012. Some 196,564 meters were drilled in Kazakhstan in August. It was planned to drill 188,615 meters.
The volume of exploratory drilling was fulfilled by 102.9 percent in August, 2012. Some 37,593 meters were drilled. It was planned to drill 36,502 meters.