Ablyazov brings new accusations against Kulibayev

(SRI) - Mukhtar Ablyazov, former head of one of Kazakhstan’s largest banks, BTA Bank, has brought new accusations against Timur Kulibayev, deputy chairman of the state holding and investment company Samruk-Kazyna and son-in-law of President Nazarbayev, Interfax reported.

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Kulibayev to chair three national companies

(SRI) - Timur Kulibayev, one of the two deputy CEOs of Samruk-Kazyna and better knows as a son-in-law of President Nursultan Nazarbayev, has been appointed to chair the boards of directors of three national companies.

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Kulibayev appointed deputy head of SamrukKazyna

(SRI) - Timur Kulibayev, the influential son-in-law of Kazakhstan’s president, has been appointed deputy head of SamrukKazyna, a new state holding company managing strategic national assets, the government said on Friday.

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Kazakhstan Energy Roundup - July 8, 2008

Caspian pipelines ease Russia’s grip
(Asia Times) - The overland oil pipeline that Kazakhstan intends to build from the Tengiz field, in the northwest of the country, to the port of Aqtau in the southwest could help the country shed its dependency on Russia’s export ways.

Medvedev talks pipelines in Central Asia
(St. Petersburg Times) - President Dmitry Medvedev wound up a three-state energy tour with talks in Kazakhstan on Saturday and Sunday to consolidate his country’s monopoly on transiting Central Asian gas.

Kazakhstan negotiates with Azerbaijan and Georgia new oil pipeline
(TREND) - Kazakhstan has began talks with Azerbaijan and Georgia on the construction of new oil pipeline from Baku to Batumi port of the Black Sea, Timur Kulibayev, chairman of KazEnergy Association said.

Kazakhstan Energy Roundup - June 23, 2008

Development of Kashagan Field Postponed until 2013: Interview with Chairman of KazEnergy Association Timur Kulibayev

(TREND) - “The increase in the capital expenditures on the development of the field is being discussed today as it is very objective process with the price rise in all kind of goods and services. Kazakhstan has stated that the technological solutions offered by AGIP consortium KCO are reasonable. We accept these date – 2013.”

Consortium including MOL discovers oil and gas in Kazakhstan

(Budapest Business Journal) - Hungarian oil and natural gas company MOL announced that a consortium in which it owns a 27.5% stake has discovered oil and natural gas in the Fedorovskoye Block located in the Northern Western Kazakhstan Region of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Roxi hit by suspension

(Investors Chronicles) - Roxi Petroleum has had a somewhat confused start to life on Aim. When the Kazakhstan-focused oil exploration company floated in May 2007, it raised some $78m (£40m), principally
to acquire and develop two assets - Ravninnoe and Beibars.

Masimov charged to finish development of bills on tariff formation in electric power industry and development of resource saving technologies (Kazakhstan Today)

Tethys Petroleum files final prospectus (eMedia World)