Pavlodar refinery key to revival of Kazakhstan’s downstream industry
(SRI) - KazMunaiGas (KMG) is still in talks with Central Asia Petroleum, an Indonesian company which controls the Pavlodar oil refinery, trying to close the deal that would give the national oil company control over the downstream assets in Kazakhstan.
(AFP) - EU nations and Turkey said Friday they will sign a key intergovernmental agreement in Ankara on July 13 on Europe’s flagship Nabucco gas pipeline project, but key issues still need to be resolved.
(SRI) - The consortium of international oil companies developing the Kashagan oil field in the Caspian Sea said on Thursday that the global economic crisis is likely to significantly reduce the costs of developing the giant offshore deposit.
(SRI) - BTA Bank has hired British law firm Lovells LLP to advise it on debt recovery, the bank said on Thursday.
(SRI) - KazMunaiGas and Samruk-Kazyna seek to raise 190 billion tenge ($1.3 billion) each in tenge-denominated bonds, the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) said in a statement today.
(SRI) - Kazakhstan’s total external debt fell 2.5 percent to $105.7 billion while the banking sector debt fell 13.1 percent to $34.1 billion in the first quarter of 2009, the National Bank of Kazakhstan reported.
(SRI) - Kazkommertsbank had bought back about $300 million in Eurobonds since October 2007, the bank said in a statement on Wednesday.
BTA appoint British law firm to advise on debt recovery (SRI)
KazMunaiGas and Samruk-Kazyna seek to raise $1.3 billion each on KASE (SRI)
Foreign companies operating in Kazakhstan lose licenses for employment of 700 foreign workers (Kazinform)
National Bank of Kazakhstan: Exchange rates July 3, 2009 (Kazinform)
Russia, the WTO and the CIS (CACI Analyst)
Bakiyev wins new geopolitical game over Manas base (CACI Analyst)
Is Russia stirring unrest in Central Asia (CACI Analyst)
Fitch revises KazakhGold’s rating watch to Positive (Fitch Ratings)
Spain entering strategic agreement with Kazakhstan (Interfax)
Analysis: Israel gains ground in Central Asia (Jerusalem Post)
Kazakh President Blasts Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NTI: Global Security Newswire)
(SRI) - Kazakhstan’s KazStroyService has completed the construction of the Kenkiyak-Kumkol pipeline, giving China direct access to Kazakhstan’s oil provinces in western Kazakhstan, Reuters reported citing an announcement by KazStroyService.
(SRI) - Zhaikmunai, an independent Kazakh oil producer, said it plans to raise $300 million on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) to refinance debt and fund capital expenditures.
