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Sturgeon to extinct in 4-5 years in Kazakhstan

Sturgeon to extinct in 4-5 years in Kazakhstan

The forecast was voiced by Public Prosecutor Askhat Daulbayev. He told poachery in the Ural-Caspian Basin has grown to industrial scales posing a threat of total extinction for the sturgeon species in the country. April 27 2013, 13:39 3 655 views

Annual state budget stolen in Atyrau Oblast. What was financial police doing then?

Annual state budget stolen in Atyrau Oblast. What was financial police doing then?

The financial police finished investigation into the most high-profile criminal case of recent years – the corruption case in Atyrau. Seems like affairs in the oil rich region were put on a continuous line. Among the accused were almost the whole top of local power and business elite, headed by the former governor Bergei Ryskaliyev, now called the criminal elite. Vmeste.com.kz shares its point of view on this scandalous case. April 26 2013, 18:31 4 247 views

Businessman from Atyrau flies Boston to see his son

Businessman from Atyrau flies Boston to see his son

Soon after the detention of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, accused of act of terrorism in Boston, the world media spotlighted the names of two Kazakhstan citizens, students of the Massachusetts University: Dias Kadyrbaev and Azamat Tazhayakov. 19-year-old Azamat happened to be from Atyrau, our fellow countryman. April 26 2013, 11:34 6 899 views

Babies of Big Beluga

Babies of Big Beluga

Last Sunday the big beluga fish caught at the beginning of this month by fishermen of Amangeldy fishing cooperative began having labour contractions (see “The Day of Big Beluga Fish”. WKT #15, 11. 04. 2013). Unfortunately, the personnel of the Kourilkin sturgeon-breeding plant from the very beginning forecasted that the labour for 300 kg weighing beluga would be unpromising. In addition, the fish received several traumas during transportation and they couldn’t save its life. April 25 2013, 18:02 11 219 views

The 1st of May - the Day of Unity of Kazakhstan People (+Announcement)

The 1st of May - the Day of Unity of Kazakhstan People (+Announcement)

According to the information provided by the Akimat of Atyrau city, this year on the 1st of May the government is organizing May Day parade. Due to this the transport movement in the central part of the city will be restricted. April 25 2013, 16:45 10 795 views

Zhaikmunay is required to pay T1.8bn environmental fine

Zhaikmunay is required to pay T1.8bn environmental fine

Zhaikmunay oil company received a claim from the West Kazakhstan Department of Geology and Use of Subsoil Resources, "Zapkaznedra", amounting nearly 1.8bn tenge for unsanctioned flaring of associated gas, reports IA Novosti-Kazakhstan citing the company statement. April 24 2013, 15:27 3 316 views

Why arrest at once

Why arrest at once

Terms like "arrest" or "detention room" have always been associated with criminals, anti-social personalities, or at least family troublemakers. Recently, ministry of internal affairs decided to "restart" public mind: besides the accustomed category of people at detention centers police started to catch quite a different group of people - law abiding citizens who happened to throw a cigarette butt on the ground. April 24 2013, 10:48 3 068 views

Ecology agencies see subsoil users as money bags - Chevron adviser

Ecology agencies see subsoil users as money bags - Chevron adviser

The annual 11th International Atyrau Legal Conference (KPLA) was held on April 19 in Atyrau in TCO office building. It was titled “Topical issues and analysis of practice of application of the legislation in oil and gas industry in Kazakhstan”. The lawyers representing the interests of different oil companies are, most of all, concerned by imperfection of Kazakhstan legislative and even political systems allowing, in their opinion, to violate the rights of subsoil users. April 23 2013, 16:55 4 217 views

2 Brits sacked, spoken for by 89 at Kashagan

2 Brits sacked, spoken for by 89 at Kashagan

Another labor conflict came to pass on D Island of the North Caspian Project. This time, employees from the United Kingdom protested against dismissal of their two fellow citizens. April 23 2013, 16:36 8 726 views

Commercial production at Kashagan to be further delayed

Commercial production at Kashagan to be further delayed

Commercial production at the giant Kashagan oilfield is to start “before September 2013 at latest”, Newskaz.ru reports, citing the country’s Oil and gas Minister Sauat Mynbayev. April 23 2013, 12:44 3 248 views

Kazakhstan to have 4 days off for Victory Day - May 9

Kazakhstan to have 4 days off for Victory Day - May 9

Kazakhstan Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov has signed a government decree on days off in May, the PM’s official website writes. April 23 2013, 12:21 3 527 views

Tengizchevroil purchases $24 million worth of domestic goods in Kazakhstan

Tengizchevroil purchases $24 million worth of domestic goods in Kazakhstan

Tengizchevroil (TCO) purchased Kazakh goods to the amount of $24 million in 2012, the head of TCO's department for domestic market development Nurlan Serik said. April 23 2013, 10:59 5 726 views

Russian drone falls in Atyrau Oblast

Russian drone falls in Atyrau Oblast

April 19, a military aircraft fell from the sky in the middle of the day near Balkoudouk village (Kurmangazy District) in Atyrau Oblast. It was probably launched from the Russian military range Ashoulouk, located near the railway station of the same name in the neighboring Astrakhan region. April 22 2013, 12:49 2 660 views

Sulfur to make good export product – Yerenchinov

Sulfur to make good export product – Yerenchinov

In a visit to Atyrau, Chairman of Environmental Regulation and Control Committee, Daniyar Yerenchinov, made a statement on the situation in Kashagan. April 21 2013, 15:52 4 651 views

Kashagan stakeholders cold on ConocoPhillips share

Kashagan stakeholders cold on ConocoPhillips share

Partners of the Kashagan project in the Kazakh sector of the Caspian Sea express no wish to buy the ConocoPhillips share, writes IA Novosti-Kazakhstan citing Kazakh oil and gas minister Sauat Mynbayev. April 19 2013, 16:06 4 333 views

Two schoolgirls from Atyrau made rocket science inventions

Two schoolgirls from Atyrau made rocket science inventions

Students of the secondary technical gymnasium, Gaukhar Zaidenova and Aayzhan Zholdaskali, became the prize winners of the 9th International scientific competition on space research. One of them invented a new type of rocket fuel and the other made inventions in space medicine. April 19 2013, 16:01 4 189 views

Police searched bomb in backpack

Police searched bomb in backpack

April 17, for about an hour, bomb technicians searched for an explosive device in a school backpack found near a beauty salon in the city of Uralsk, writes Uralskaya Nedelya. April 19 2013, 11:59 2 481 views

Wake up, steppe, tulips in blossom! (+Update)

Wake up, steppe, tulips in blossom! (+Update)

Beautiful tulips blossom in our steppe in the middle of April. They are not from Holland, but endemic flowers and their Motherland is the steppe of Atyrau Oblast. With the first warmth of the Sun rays tulips blossom quickly and their blossom lasts from 3 to 5 days. April 18 2013, 12:18 6 632 views

Embamunaygas: In strict compliance with procurement rules...

Embamunaygas: In strict compliance with procurement rules...

"Due to recent publications in mass media that put in question the legality of procurements in Embamunaygas JSC, we inform that...." April 18 2013, 11:45 3 706 views

Rarity on the road

Rarity on the road

Walls in the garage of Vladimir Slotin are covered with cuttings from old newspapers discolored to yellow over the course of time. In the center of the venue stands the pride of its owner - Volga Gaz-M21. After leaving the assembly line at Gorki automobile plant, to foreign audience known as GAZ, in March of 1968, it found itself in this man's ownership in 1970. To truly serve him for 43 years. April 17 2013, 12:19 2 696 views

We value every percent - Kazakh content

We value every percent - Kazakh content

The most important moment of the first day at Oil and Gas 2013 expo taking place in Atyrau was the statement by the deputy CEO of KazMunayGas National Company Magzoum Mirzagaliyev saying TCO believes 32% Kazakh content in the Future Growth Project is optimal. That's $7.3bn from the project's total cost of $20bn. But KMG insists on 44%. April 17 2013, 10:31 3 413 views

Car crash kills seven on Atyrau-Uralsk highway

Car crash kills seven on Atyrau-Uralsk highway

April 16, a terrible traffic accident happened on the Atyrau-Uralsk motorway near the village of Beibarys of the district of Makhambet. April 16 2013, 17:35 4 128 views

Atyrau Oil & Gas 2013 to kick off tomorrow

Atyrau Oil & Gas 2013 to kick off tomorrow

Two exhibitions will be opened on April 16 - a traditional one - 12th North-Caspian regional expo - Atyrau Oil & Gas 2013 and another dedicated to construction - Atyrau Build 2013. April 15 2013, 17:50 3 361 views

CPC to spend US$ 5.4bn on project upgrade

CPC to spend US$ 5.4bn on project upgrade

CPC General Director Nikolai Brunich made a business trip to Atyrau last week within the framework of his tour to CPC Central and Eastern Regions, reads the company press statement. April 15 2013, 17:09 3 385 views

Anonyms accuse Embamunaygas manager of corruption

Anonyms accuse Embamunaygas manager of corruption

A serious scandal developed around Embamunaygas Production Branch in Atyrau Oblast. The noise is sparkled by an anonymous letter posted in the Internet under a loud title - "Zhanaozen syndrome in Atyrau. Why don't Embamunaygas draw a conclusion from the Zhanaozen bloodshed?", describing facts of public funds embezzlement, allegedly, by the present Embamunaygas general director Zhumabek Zhamauov. April 15 2013, 09:45 5 976 views