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An expanded meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan

28 february 2020
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On February 25, an expanded meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan was held in Nur-Sultan. Reports on the accomplished work for 2019 and plans for 2020 were presented by the Ministry of Energy, JSC NC KazMunayGas, JSC KEGOG, JSC NAC KazAtomProm and the Association “Kazenergy” at the meeting. A member of the Public Council on the Fuel and Energy Complex of the Ministry of Energy Zhumagulov N.K. and Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Sklyar R.V. also reported on the level of development of the projects and plans for the future.

The meeting was moderated by Minister of Energy Nogaev Nurlan Akhmetovich and Deputy Prime Minister of the RK Sklyar Roman Vasilyevich.

In his report, Mr. Nogaev acquainted the participants with the achievements in the energy sector in 2019 and shared plans for 2020. He reminded that the President of the country highlighted the necessity for companies to make efforts to ensure that local citizens are appointed to high-level positions in companies. He shared the news that since September 2020, a subsoil use permit will be issued electronically. The Minister also paid attention to the issue of fulfilling the obligations to finance R&D. He noted that in some cases, companies transfer funds through fake organizations. He drew particular attention to the issue of digitalization. He noted that oil field sector is not very willing to use information technology in their activities, and that the level of IT use is much lower than expected.

After each presentation, meeting participants were given the opportunity to ask questions. All questions were answered in detail.

The fact that the meeting started without any delay, precisely as scheduled, and that it went very energetic was pleasantly surprising.


                    

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