At a government meeting on July 16, Kazakhstan’s Minister of Energy, Almasadam Satkaliyev, reported using the country’s natural gas transit potential.
The transit transportation of Russian natural gas to Uzbekistan was launched in October 2023, and 1.28 billion cubic meters were transported last year. Kazakhstan plans to increase the transit to 3.8 billion cubic meters, with an additional increase to 11 billion cubic meters annually.
Turkmen and Uzbek natural gas transit to China has also shown steady growth. This year, Kazakhstan plans to increase this transit to 37.1 billion cubic meters (+1.5 billion cubic meters compared to last year).
The minister added that the issue of increasing the transit of Russian natural gas to Kyrgyzstan is currently being discussed.
The energy minister also reported that Kazakhstan plans to increase natural gas production by 2.3% compared to 2023 to 60.5 billion cubic meters this year. Most of the country’s natural gas is produced by three large fields — Karachaganak, Tengiz, and Kashagan. Marketable gas production will remain at last year’s 29.8 billion cubic meters.
