USTDA Promotes Integrated Gas Production and Processing in Kazakhstan
August 16, 2012
(USTDA)
Supports JSC KazTransGas' Plan to Expand Production and Processing of Helium,
Nitrogen and Natural Gas
ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN – Today, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA)
awarded a $626,000 grant to Kazakhstan gas transmission and distribution
company, JSC KazTransGas (KTG), to provide a feasibility study to increase gas
production and processing in the country. The grant was signed at the U.S.
Embassy in Astana by U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Elisabeth Millard on behalf of
USTDA, and by KTG Deputy General Director Anatoly Tegisbayev on behalf of JSC
KazTransGas.
The USTDA grant will allow JSC KazTransGas to determine the economic, technical
and financial feasibility of the exploration, extraction, and processing of
helium, natural gas, and nitrogen from existing gas fields in the Zhambyl region
of Kazakhstan. Through the separation of the gas stream, the three gasses would
be processed, purified and sold separately.
"This project is a priority for KTG and the Government of Kazakhstan due to the
project's potential for increasing the production and utilization of value-added
products such as ammonia and fertilizer," said USTDA Regional Director Geoffrey
Jackson. "We are pleased to support the development of KTG's integrated gas
production and processing capacities and to connect them with U.S. expertise and
solutions."
JSC KazTransGas is a subsidiary of KazMunayGas, the state-owned national oil and
gas company, which is itself a subsidiary of the state-owned holding company
Samruk-Kazyna. KTG's primary lines of business are gas transmission and
distribution; however, the company is also involved with gas production. KTG
provides more than 80% of all gas transmission in Kazakhstan, but only produces
about 1% of Kazakhstan's natural gas by volume.
The opportunity to conduct the USTDA-funded feasibility study will be competed
on the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website. A link to the FBO
announcement will be posted to USTDA's website at www.ustda.gov. Interested U.S.
firms should submit proposals according to the instructions in the FBO
announcement.
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