VOL. XLI

No. 35

31-August-1998

KAZAKSTAN

Kazakstan To Produce 27Mn Tons Of Crude During 1998

The Prime Minister of Kazakstan, Mr. Nurlan Balgimbayev, said on 24 August thatKazakstan will produce some 27mn tons (540,000 b/d) of crude oil during 1998. Mr.Balgimbayev, who was head of the state-owned oil and gas company Kazakoil until lastOctober (MEES, 20 October 1997), pointed out that foreign companies working inKazakstan and Kazak producers had not decreased oil production despite the fall in...