Kazakhstan: KMG EP oil output down

Kazakh oil company KazMunaiGas Exploration Production (KMG EP) produced 6.08 million tons of oil in H1 of 2016 including its stakes in subsidiaries and joint ventures, up by 0.7% YoY. KMG EP’s subsidiary Ozenmunaigas (OMG) produced 2.78 million tons, up by 2%, KMG EP’s subsidiary Embamunaigas (EMG) produced 1.41 million tons, also up by 2%…

Kazakhstan: oil output to drop

Many oil producing companies working in Kazakhstan observed negative financial result in 2015, according to Vice Minister of Energy Asset Magauov. As per an analysis, 36 companies out of 61 had a negative financial result, he noted. As the Vice Minister noted, drill footage dropped from 2,500 running meters to 1,500 running meters in 2015.…

Ukraine: gas transit down

Transit of natural gas via Ukrainian gas transport system fell to 136 million cubic meters on July 26, and this is 30% less than average daily transit on July 1 through July 22 (around 190 million cubic meters a day), according to Ukrtransgaz’s data. Transit started falling on July 23 when it was 172 million…

Ukraine: Dutch firm to invest in shale gas field

A winner of the competition was selected to become investor for the implementation of the Agreement on the distribution of hydrocarbons extracted from the Yuzovsky field, the press service of the state-owned enterprise Nadra Ukrainy has reported, which is a stakeholder of Nadra Yuzovsky PLC, founded to implement the project of finding and mining under…