ASTANA, Kazakhstan, February 23. Chairman of
the Management Board of KazMunayGas (KMG), Askhat Khassenov, newly
appointed Senior Vice President for Asia-Pacific at TotalEnergies
E&P, Mansur Zhakupov, and Head of TotalEnergies in Kazakhstan,
Frode Ljones, reviewed the current status and future plans of
cooperation, Trend
reports via KMG.
In particular, they discussed the progress of the North Caspian
Project. Given the strategic importance of the Kashagan field for
Kazakhstan, Khassenov emphasized the need to meet deadlines for
further development, focusing on increasing local content, training
national personnel, and facilitating technology transfer.
Cooperation in renewable energy was also on the agenda. The
sides discussed the joint Mirny project. It was noted that at
present, KMG and TotalEnergies have prepared the basic design of
the project, and detailed engineering is nearing completion. The
companies confirmed their intention to accelerate the completion of
all necessary procedures to move to the practical implementation
phase of the Mirny project.
The Mirny project in the Zhambyl region involves the
construction of a hybrid wind power plant with a capacity of 1 GW,
incorporating an energy storage system of 300 MW/600 MWh. The
players in this venture are KazMunayGas holding a fifth (20%),
Samruk-Kazyna JSC with another fifth (20%), and TotalEnergies
taking the lion's share at three-fifths (60%).
The North Caspian Project is being implemented under the
Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) for the North Caspian Sea,
signed in 1997 between Kazakhstan and an international consortium
of major oil and gas companies.
The consortium consists of the following energy companies:
KazMunayGas (16.88%), Eni (16.81%), Shell (16.81%), ExxonMobil
(16.81%), TotalEnergies (16.81%), KMG EP (8.33%), and INPEX
(7.56%).
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