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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 3 323 views

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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 8 070 views

Kazakhstan News

Turkish authorities reject Kazakh gas from Russian state giant Gazprom

Turkish authorities have turned down an application from Russian state giant Gazprom to import gas from Kazakhstan, local media reports. April 23 2013, 15:42 1 561 views

Kazakhstan News

Mynbayev supports foreigners working at Kashagan

Kazakhstan Oil and Gas Minister Sauat Mynbayev defends the foreigners working at Kashagan field, Tengrinews.kz reports. April 23 2013, 12:54 2 236 views

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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 2 520 views

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Earth Day 2013: Philippines unveils building made from plastic bottles

A Philippines building powered by solar energy and built from old plastic bottles was opened this weekend to showcase renewable energy and highlight the problem of waste ahead of April 22-  the Earth Day. April 23 2013, 12:41 1 652 views

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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 2 732 views

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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 4 878 views

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Unburnable carbon 2013: Wasted capital and stranded assets

This new research from Carbon Tracker and the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at LSE calls for regulators, governments and investors to re-evaluate energy business models against carbon budgets, to prevent $6trillion carbon bubble in the next decade. April 23 2013, 10:52 2 099 views

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Russia’s Belgorod shooting suspect still at large after killing 6, including 14yo girl

Police are searching for a suspect in the Monday shooting in the Russian city of Belgorod. A gunman opened fire near an arms shop, leaving six people dead and one injured. A 14-year-old girl is among those killed. April 23 2013, 10:18 2 295 views

Kazakhstan News

'EXPO-2017' Organizing Committee to be disbanded - President of Kazakhstan

Head of State Nursultan Nazarbayev charged to dissolve the Organizing Committee on preparations for the International specialized exhibition "EXPO-2017". April 23 2013, 09:41 2 327 views

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Kazakhstan might build fourth oil refinery

The fourth oil refinery may be built in several years in Kazakhstan, Tengrinews.kz reports. April 23 2013, 09:36 1 683 views

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Kazakhstan makes bid to host World Petroleum Congress in 2017

The Kazakhstan National Committee has made a bid this year to host the 22nd World Petroleum Congress in Astana in 2017, said last week KazEnergy association executive director Ramazan Zhampiisov. April 22 2013, 16:05 3 387 views

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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 2 037 views

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UK Prime-Minister visit expected in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan is expecting the first visit of British Prime Minister David Cameron. April 22 2013, 12:24 2 203 views

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Kazakhstan in World Elite Hockey League

A 3:0 victory against already promoted Italy secured Kazakhstan's ticket to Minsk. Two goals by Roman Starchenko and a 22 save shutout for Vitali Kolesnik was enough for the Kazakhs to seal their promotion. April 22 2013, 11:09 1 851 views

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Boston bomb suspect conscious and responding to questions

Alleged Boston Marathon bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, is awake and responding to questions in his hospital bed. April 22 2013, 10:57 1 679 views

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87 year-old Giorgio Napolitano re-elected as Italy's president

Italy's Parliament re-elected Giorgio Napolitano to an unprecedented second term as president, after party leaders persuaded the 87-year-old to serve again in hopes of easing the hostility that has thwarted formation of a new government. Napolitano easily surpassed the simple majority required to be elected on Saturday afternoon. He garnered 738 votes, far more than the 504 needed for victory for another seven-year mandate. April 22 2013, 10:15 1 412 views

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Rescuers struggle to reach China quake zone as toll climbs

  Rescuers struggled to reach a remote, rural corner of southwestern China on Sunday as the toll of the dead and missing from the country's worst earthquake in three years climbed to 208 with almost 1,000 serious injuries. April 22 2013, 09:25 1 478 views

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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 4 072 views

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Boston bombs: Officials wait to question Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

A top US interrogation group is waiting to question the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings. April 21 2013, 15:35 1 545 views

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Police chase Boston bomb suspect

US police are hunting a suspect in Monday's deadly Boston Marathon bombing, after another suspect was killed in a car chase and shoot-out. April 19 2013, 16:28 1 689 views

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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 3 598 views

Society

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 3 404 views

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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 1 847 views