On March 26 the chairman of Kazakhstan’s state oil & gas company JSC KazMunayGas (KMG) Magzum Mirzaliyev met with Luca Vignati, a senior executive at the Italian oil & gas company Eni, to discuss the construction of a hybrid power plant in Zhanaozen.
The parties discussed the current status of construction of a hybrid power plant in Zhanaozen, where wind (77 MW), solar energy (50 MW) and gas (120 MW) are planned to all be used in the energy mix. “We express our gratitude to Eni for fruitful cooperation and exchange of experience in the framework of this strategic energy project. We hope for further development of our cooperation in this area,” said Mirzaliyev in a press release.
On January 18 the parties signed an agreement in Rome for the construction of a hybrid power plant in the city of Zhanaozen, in Mangistau region. Additionally, the heads of KMG and Eni discussed drilling the first exploration well at the Abay site in the Caspian Sea — as well as developing further stages of production at the Kashagan and Karachaganak fields, taking into account the priority to increase the production of marketable gas.
