Kazakhstan: Saryarka gas pipeline to reach Nur-Sultan in October 2019

CEO of JSC Samruk-Kazyna Sovereign Wealth Fund Akhmetzhan Yessimov has visited construction site of the 820th km of Saryarka main gas pipeline. Akhmetzhan Yessimov positively assessed the course of construction works and stressed the importance of on-time completion of the construction and pre-commissioning activities. The construction of the gas pipeline will be completed as scheduled…

Latvia: power production down in July 2019

Energy companies in Latvia produced 357,655 megawatt-hours of power in July, the lowest level of national power output since July 2018. This allowed to cover 64% of the Latvian electricity consumption, according to AS Augstsprieguma tikls (AST). The independent transmission system operator AST stated in its review of the power market on August 22 that…

Kyrgyzstan: state debt up in June 2019

As of the end of June state debt of Kyrgyzstan reached $698.7 per capita. Over the month, the debt burden has grown by $2.7. According to the Ministry of Finance, as of June 30 the total volume of the state debt (external + internal) of Kyrgyzstan amounted to $4,471.91 billion (310,765.75 billion soms), including $3,792.64…