BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 3. Kazakhstan's
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev was briefed on the 2026 performance
of national gas company QazaqGaz and its development plans for the
coming years during a meeting with Chairman of the Management Board
Alibek Zhamauov, the press service of the Kazakh president
said.
During the meeting, Tokayev was briefed on the supply of natural
gas to the country's population and economy, as well as QazaqGaz's
full readiness for the 2026-2027 heating season.
Zhamauov reported on ongoing geological exploration work at the
Shalkar, Saralzhan, Maldybai, Severny-2, Severny-1, Akkuduk and
Pridorozhnoye areas, as part of efforts to implement the
president's instructions to step up exploration.
The meeting also covered major infrastructure projects being
implemented by the company.
Construction of a gas processing plant at the Kashagan field,
with a capacity of 1 billion cubic meters of gas per year, is
ongoing. The facility is scheduled to be commissioned in the third
quarter of 2027.
For the second line of the Beineu-Bozoi-Shymkent main gas
pipeline, engineering design and procurement of equipment and
materials are underway, while construction and installation work
has begun.
EPC contractors have been selected for two separate projects: a
gas processing plant at Kashagan with a capacity of 2.5 billion
cubic meters per year and a gas processing plant at Karachaganak
designed to process 5 billion cubic meters of gas annually.
Zhamauov also briefed the president on the introduction of
digital solutions in the gas sector.
Under the Aqyl Energy initiative, gas metering and supply
management processes are being digitalized using modern
technologies, including artificial intelligence and data analytics.
The company is also continuing the phased replacement of more than
1.3 million gas meters with smart meters.
The meeting also addressed plans to expand gasification in the
northern regions, including Kokshetau and Petropavlovsk, and
develop the market for natural gas as a motor fuel.
Other projects include the construction of a small-scale
liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Rudny with an annual capacity
of 50,000 tonnes, as well as the construction of a fourth
underground gas storage facility.
Following the meeting, Tokayev issued a number of instructions
aimed at ensuring stable gas supplies to households and the economy
during the heating season and expanding the resource base for
marketable gas.
