BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 19. Kazakhstan’s
national gas company, JSC NC QazaqGaz, has completed 40% of its
nationwide technical winterization program to insulate domestic
supply chains and cross-border transit from seasonal peak-load
vulnerabilities.
This is reflected in the statement issued by the press service
of QazaqGaz.
Commenting on the technical campaign, the company's Deputy
Chairman for Production, Abzal Kismetov, noted: "The reliability of
gas transportation and the stable functioning of the country's
entire gas transport infrastructure during peak loads directly
depend on the quality and timeliness of these works. The progress
of measures to prepare for the autumn-winter period is under the
constant control of QazaqGaz management."
According to the statement, the group's pipeline operator,
Intergas Central Asia, has advanced its specific regional winter
readiness plan - originally enacted on April 14, 2026 - to a 45%
completion rate. The primary statistical driver of the current
campaign is the capital repair of the strategic Central Asia–Center
(CAC) gas pipeline network, where field crews must eliminate a
total of 4,047 pipe defects across the "CAC-5" and "Looping CAC-4"
lines.
The state operator specified that 2,715 of these structural
anomalies (67%) have already been eliminated, including 1,738
defects on the 1,131–1,008 km section of the CAC-5 pipeline and 977
defects on the 851–696 km stretch. On the auxiliary infrastructure
front, work has been fully finalized on 4 out of 8 major production
objects (50%), alongside the successful resolution of 103
individual pipe defects handled by internal repair teams.
Downstream, regional division QazaqGaz Aimaq is adjusting 10,500
kilometers of active distribution grids to secure supply continuity
for 219,500 residential subscribers and 4,637 industrial
enterprises across West Kazakhstan before the final construction
and pressure-testing deadline on August 30, 2026.
