Oil and Gas Industries
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 504.
Chemical and Oil-Processing Industries
Ferrous Metal Industry
The enterprises and organizations of the ferrous metal industry are an important factor in the Republic's industrial potential producing 6% of the country's total output. There are 9 industrial enterprises, a mine contracting combine, branches of “Giprozem”, the “Chermetavtomatica” scientific and industrial combine, and 10 repair and building head offices of the ferrous metal industry.
The Karaganda metallurgical group of enterprises is the biggest in Kazakhstan. It specializes in the production of sheet-rolled ferrous metal, including white tin, and exports it to 30 countries.
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There are more than 40 enterprises belonging to these industries which are located in the west and southwest of Kazakhstan. They are enterprises processing oil to produce petrol, diesel fuel, aviation paraffin and other products. They also make tires for cars and agricultural machines, rubber articles, plastics, chemical fibers and threads.
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Kazakhstan has sufficient reserves of oil and gas. This sector is represented by the industrial combines “Mangyshlakneft”, ”Embaneft”, “Aktubinskneft”, “Tengizneftegaz” and others.
* The oldest industrial combine is “Embaneft” (1899).
* The biggest is “Mangyshlakneft” providing 60% of the Republic's oil extraction. It exploits the Uzen and Zhetybai oil deposits of the Mangyshlak peninsula and started to operate in the mid-60s.
* The most recent oil and gas extracting enterprise is “Tengizneftegas”, a joint with the American Chevron Oil Company project.
* The joint exploitation of the Aktubinsk oil and gas deposits is under the discussion with the French company Elf Akiten.
* The new oil deposits were discovered in the South Turgai and Western Kazakhstan with prospects of exploitation for 25-30 years.
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5. The most recent enterprise is ….
6. The new oil deposits were discovered in ….
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