BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 14. KazMunayGas, the national operator of the oil and gas industry in Kazakhstan, reduces the cost of diesel fuel for local farmers, the company told Trend.
In line with the directive of Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister as well as the implementation of the state policy to support Kazakh agricultural producers for the realization of the fall field work, KazMunayGas reduced the cost of diesel fuel to 238 tenge per liter ($0.53), including delivery to the regions.
Therefore, the final price of "preferential" diesel fuel shall not exceed 250 tenge per liter ($0.56), taking into account the margin of regional fuel operators, which is set by the Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan at the level of 12 tenge per liter ($0.027). This costs 45 tenge less than its market price of $0.66 or 295 tenge per liter.
The Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan authorized a program for setting up locations for oil refineries during the fall field work in 2023 that calls for the supply of 426,000 tons of reduced diesel fuel overall. Since July, agricultural producers have already received 90,000 tons of diesel fuel to suit their needs.
Thus, all requests from farmers for diesel fuel were fulfilled.