ASTANA, Kazakhstan, January 16. The Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan, together with the shareholders of the Kashagan field, have reached a preliminary agreement on the supply of liquefied petroleum gas to the domestic market, Trend reports.
According to the preliminary agreement, Kazakhstan's national company QazaqGaz is nominated to negotiate with the shareholders of the Kashagan field on future potential supplies of liquefied petroleum gas produced at the Bolashak integrated oil and gas processing plant.
To date, the parties are collaborating towards making a Final Investment Decision on an infrastructure project in the field of liquefied petroleum gas in 2024.
The supply of liquefied petroleum gas to the Kazakh market is supposed to start by the end of 2025. By 2027, LPG production volumes will reach 700,000 tons per year, after the completion of infrastructure work at the Kashagan field.
Meanwhile, from January through November 2023, 53.8 billion cubic meters of gas were produced in Kazakhstan, which is 12 percent more than during the same period in 2022.
In addition, from January through November 2023, 26.9 billion cubic meters of commercial gas were produced. This figure is 6 percent higher than the same period last year.
Furthermore, gas production volume in 2022 totaled 53.3 billion cubic meters, or 3.1 percent over the planned volume. Commercial gas output was 27.8 billion cubic meters, or 94 percent of the planned amount.