The share of Chinese companies in Kazakhstan oil production will be reduced with launch of Kashagan field, therefore, information on Chinese expansion in the Kazakh oil industry is not true, the head of the Association of cross-border co-operation in Kazakhstan, Marat Shibutov, told New Europe....
Situation in Central Asia fosters militarisation and growth of the defence expenses, a regional expert said.
On 24 December, Kyrgyzstan’s President Almazbek Atambayev told his annual news conference that his country will sell its state gas company Kyrgyzgaz to Russian gas monopoly Gazprom early next year.
Belarus’ Belarusneft, Kazakhstan’s KazMunaiGaz and Russia’s Zarubejneft plan to form consortium Soyuznefteotdacha, within which intend to introduce modern technologies at deposits of all the three countries, Belarusneft manufacturing group representative Andrey Bokhan said.