Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 20

16-May-2011

CASPIAN

Former Head Of KazTransOil Appointed Deputy Oil And Gas Minister

Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Masimov announced via Twitter on 11 May that he had appointed Berik Tolumbayev as Deputy Minister of Oil and Gas. Mr Tolumbayev has extensive experience in the countrys petroleum industry, including a spell as CEO of the Kazakhstan Caspian Transport System (KCTS) from January to April 2010. Since April 2010 Mr Tolumbayev has served as...