Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug. 15
By Fikret Dolukhanov – Trend:
Kazakhstan's gas tariffs have increased compared to last year, Kazakh media reported referring to the EnergyProm monitoring agency.
At the end of July 2018, the prices of natural gas transported through distribution networks have increased by 8.2 percent, the message says.
The price of liquefied gas distributed through the supply chain has increased by 9.1 percent over the year.
The payment for liquefied gas in cylinders has increased by an average of 5.1 percent.
At the same time, natural gas production has increased in Kazakhstan as a whole. Thus, according to the results of 1H2018, the volume of natural gas production reached 28.6 billion cubic meters, which is 8.3 percent more than in the same period last year.
Of the total volume of the produced gas, 43 percent (12.3 million cubic meters) fall to the share of Atyrau region, 36.3 percent (10.4 billion cubic meters) – to the share of West Kazakhstan region and 11.9 percent (3.4 billion cubic meters) – to the share of Aktobe region.
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