Kazakhstan wants to control Karachaganak spending (Reuters)
Politics gets in way of hydropower investment in Central Asia (bne)
Kazakhstan’s tax squeeze (Oxford Analytica - Forbes)
KazMunaiGas EP says strike output loss rises (Reuters)
Uranium One posts FY09 loss; sees higher ‘10 production (Reuters)
Chevron close to resuming BTC shipments - official (SRI)
EBRD grants $50-million convertible loan to Poland’s Petrolinvest (Dow Jones)
KPO facing back tax claims - Reuters (SRI)
Strike halts production at KMG EP unit (SRI)
Max Petroleum makes March interest payment in cash (SRI)
Max Petroleum kicks off drilling on new exploration well in Kazakhstan (Small Cap News)
Kazakhstan threatens UK oil interests (Express)
(SRI) - Max Petroleum has made the interest payment on its $75-million convertible bonds due on March 8 in cash and did not exercise the option to roll over the interest into additional principal, the company revealed on Friday.
(SRI) - A strike over pay has halted operations at the OzenMunaiGas production unit, a subsidiary of KazMunaiGas Exploration Production, the company said on Friday.
Kazakhstan, Japan sign civil nuclear agreement (SRI)
Kazakhstan looks at new oil export route to Europe (Financial Times)
(SRI) - Japan signed a civil nuclear agreement with Kazakhstan on Tuesday which gives it access to stable supplies of uranium in exchange for nuclear technology, Reuters reported.
(SRI) - The Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), which transports Kazakh crude to the Black Sea via the CPC pipeline, shipped 713,400 barrels per day in February, down 10.3 percent from January, CPC said on its website.