VOL. XLIII

No. 21

22-May-2000

CASPIAN

Kazakstan And Gazprom To Form Gas Distribution Company

Kazakstans state-owned KazTransGas and Russias Gazprom have agreed to form a joint venture that will produce, transport and sell gas throughout Kazakstan. Speaking in the Kazak capital Astana on 18 May, Gazproms Chief Executive Rem Vyakhirev said the joint venture would also transport Kazak natural gas to Europe and possibly China, adding that Russian gas would be supplied to northern Kazakstan. The two...