ASTANA, Kazakhstan, November 28. KazTransGas Aimak JSC (a subsidiary of Kazakhstan's national company QazaqGaz) has connected the settlements of Kaskasu, Upper Kaskasu, Keregetas, and Kenesaryk of the Tolebi district in the Turkestan region to natural gas,Trend reports.
The implementation of this project will ensure that all settlements in the Tolebi district are supplied with natural gas.
The district currently has 122,732 inhabitants living in 55 villages. Until date, natural gas was given to 51 villages, accounting for 92.7 percent of the settlements in the Tolebi district.
An extra 1,021 households in the district will now be linked to natural gas, bringing the district's total gas coverage to 100 percent.
The length of gas pipelines to populated areas is 65.69 km, with 3 gas control points and 687 gas control cabinets installed. Connection points for settlements will be served by the Zertas automatic gas distribution station with a capacity of 35,000 m3/h.
Today, in the Turkestan region, work is underway to repair the administrative buildings of 12 gas facilities. The work is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2023.
In general, at the end of 2022, the level of gas supply to Kazakhstan was 59 percent. 142 gas projects worth 96.1 billion tenge (about 201.4 million) were implemented in the regions, which made it possible to provide access to natural gas to 285,000 citizens in 107 rural settlements.
In 2023, it is planned to increase the share of gas supply to the population to 60 percent with the implementation of 86 projects for a total budget investment of 74 billion tenge (about $155.1 million).
This will provide gas supplies to 167,000 citizens in 56 rural settlements. As a result, 11.4 million citizens of the republic will have access to gas.