Kazakhstan
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February 2019
Rising oil supplies and falling prices in second-half 2018 constrained global drilling, but activity should post a measured gain in 2019. Virtually all the global oil production increase is due to U.S. shale activity.
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December 06, 2018
President of PJSC LUKOIL Vagit Alekperov and Chairman of the Management Board of JSC NC KazMunayGas Alik Aidarbayev signed agreements on joint cooperation and financing of the Zhenis project in the Kazakhstan's sector of the Caspian Sea.
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December 06, 2018
Chevron Corp. will hike spending by 9.3% next year to $20 billion, its first budget increase since 2014 as it expands investments in the Permian Basin and its Tengiz project in Kazakhstan.
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November 13, 2018
Fluor Corporation has announced that its JV team, KPJV, has developed one of the world’s largest, single 3D intelligent plant design models for Tengizchevroil LLP’s future growth project.
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August 12, 2018
Five Caspian Sea states reached a breakthrough agreement on sovereign rights to the sea, paving the way for new oil and gas extraction -- and pipelines -- after more than two decades of disputes.
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July 2018
Akofs Offshore has been awarded a contract for light well intervention services, using its 156-m vessel, Akofs Seafarer, for all Equinor-operated licenses, in the period 2020 to 2025.
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June 27, 2018
Add Kazakhstan to the list of oil producers whose supply is restricted.
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June 05, 2018
Astana, Kazakhstan -- President of Lukoil Vagit Alekperov and Chairman of the Management Board of the National Company KazMunayGas Sauat Mynbayev signed a principles agreement on Zhenis license area, in Astana today.
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May 29, 2018
Caspian Sunrise identifies, in aggregate, 121 m of potential oil-bearing intervals in drilling the 801 sidetrack in Kazakhstan.
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January 19, 2018
Kazakhstan’s giant Kashagan oilfield is resuming production after power disruptions cut output this week.
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January 11, 2018
Kazakhstan has overtaken Iraq to become the biggest over-producer in the pact between OPEC and its allies to curb oil output.
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December 07, 2017
Chevron Corporation has announced a 2018 capital and exploratory spending program of $18.3 billion. This figure includes $5.5 billion for the company’s share of expenditures by affiliated companies.
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August 09, 2017
OPEC said Iraq, the United Arab Emirates and Kazakhstan -- who have lagged in their implementation of a deal to cut production -- affirmed their commitment to the accord at a meeting in Abu Dhabi.
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June 20, 2017
ATR, a Centurion company, has opened a new base in Kazakhstan as the company looks to capitalize on recent business growth in the region. The business will initially employ 12 new personnel, 10 of which are local content, with plans to double the team over the next 12 months.
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June 04, 2017
Tethys Petroleum Limited has announced that it has successfully completed the installation of an Electrical Submersible Pump (ESP) in its main oil producing well, AKD-01.
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May 10, 2017
Wood Group has secured a new framework agreement to provide study engineering for North Caspian Operating Company’s (NCOC) offshore and onshore asset portfolio in Kazakhstan.
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February 07, 2017
Fluor Corporation has announced its JV team, KPJV, has been selected by Tengizchevroil LLP (TCO) to execute the front-end engineering and design (FEED) for the multi-phase pump project in Kazakhstan.
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January 25, 2017
Fluor Corp announced that it was awarded a two-year engineering services framework agreement with North Caspian Operating Co (NCOC) for conceptual studies and front-end engineering for its projects in the Caspian region.
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January 2017
Hurricane force winds led to a multi-well fire on a 30-well production platform. In spite of continuing adverse conditions, well control specialists were able to safely extinguish the blaze in 64 days, 25 of which were non-productive due to the weather.
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January 10, 2017
Russia and Kazakhstan said they’ve met or exceeded their initial goals for trimming oil output, bringing cuts by non-OPEC nations in the first 10 days of this year to more than a quarter of the total pledged a month ago in Vienna.
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November 24, 2016
Kazakhstan’s authorities are looking at whether the Karachaganak oil and gas venture, which includes Royal Dutch Shell and Eni, has unpaid taxes.
