ASTANA, Kazakhstan, July 16. Kazakhstan plans to increase transit volumes of Russian, Turkmen, and Uzbek gas across its territory in 2024, Energy Minister Almassadam Satkaliyev announced during a government meeting, Trend reports.
"We are increasing the transit of Russian, Turkmen, and Uzbek gas through Kazakhstan in 2024. Efforts are underway to fully utilize our country's gas transit capacity. In October 2023, we launched transit of Russian gas to Uzbekistan, transporting 1.28 billion cubic meters last year. This year, we aim to increase this to 3.8 billion cubic meters, with further plans to reach 11 billion cubic meters annually," he stated.
The minister also noted steady growth in the transit of Turkmen and Uzbek gas to China.
"This year, we plan to increase transit to 37.1 billion cubic meters, which is 1.5 billion cubic meters more than last year. Additionally, discussions are ongoing regarding increased transit of Russian gas to Kyrgyzstan," Satkaliyev added.
In 2023, Kazakhstan's total gas production amounted to 59.063 billion cubic meters, sourced from fields such as Tengiz (16.009 billion cubic meters), Karachaganak (22.385 billion cubic meters), Kashagan (11.856 billion cubic meters), and others (8.813 billion cubic meters).
Kazakhstan plans to produce 60.456 billion cubic meters of raw natural gas in 2024.
