ASTANA, Kazakhstan, November 29. The volume of oil production in the Mangystau region of Kazakhstan amounted to 13.7 million tons from January through October 2023, said Vice Minister of Energy of Kazakhstan Askhat Khasenov, Trend reports.
Mangistau is the second largest oil-producing region of Kazakhstan (after Atyrau region), accounting for 18.4 percent of total oil production.
In 2022, oil production in the region amounted to 16.8 million tons, the planned production volume at the end of 2023 is 17.9 million tons
Furthermore, by 2030, oil production will amount to 21 million tons through the development of the "Kalamkas Sea", "Khazar", "Auezov" fields.
As Khasenov noted, direct investments in this project amount to more than $6 billion, it is planned to create about 2,000 jobs during the construction period.
The volume of oil production in 2022 in Kazakhstan amounted to 84.2 million tons, or 101.6 percent of the planned figure.
The Tengiz field produced 29.2 million tons of oil, or 100 percent of the 2022 plan. Oil production at the Karachaganak field amounted to 11.3 million tons - 103.8 percent of the plan. At Kashagan, oil production amounted to 12.7 million tons - 109.5 percent.
Oil exports in 2022 reached 64.3 million tons, or 103.4 percent of the plan.
Kazakhstan also plans to produce 90.5 million tons of oil in 2023, of which 71 million are planned to be exported.
The volume of oil production in Kazakhstan at the end of 2021 amounted to 85.9 million tons, in 2020 - 85.7 million tons.
