(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
ASTANA. Kazakhstan, July 2. KazMunayGas (KMG,
Kazakhstan's national oil and gas company), Chinese CITIC Group,
and CITIC Resources Holdings Limited have discussed the current
status of the project to expand the production capacity of the
Aktau bitumen plant (CASPI BITUM LLP) to 1.5 million tons per year,
Trend reports.
Negotiations on this topic took place between the Chairman of
the Board of KMG, Askhat Khassenov, and Xi Guohua, Chairman of the
Board of Directors of the CITIC Group, and Hao Weibao, Chief
Executive Officer of CITIC Resources Holdings Limited.
Last year, the NJPEC Institute (China) developed a preliminary
feasibility study for the project and also conducted a technical
audit of the plant. In May of this year, a PC contract for
construction was signed, and work on the detailed design is
currently underway.
Taking into account the strategic importance of the development
of bitumen production for Kazakhstan, Khasenov noted the importance
of launching the plant before the start of the 2025 road
construction season.
Also, during meetings with the leaders of the CITIC Group,
issues of the production activities of the joint venture
Karazhanbasmunai JSC were discussed.
The head of KMG confirmed the unchanged course of the national
company to strengthen interaction with partners from the CITIC
Group and expressed confidence in the successful implementation of
joint plans.
Meanwhile, the volumes of raw material processing at CASPI BITUM
at the end of 2023 amounted to 853,484 tons, or 100.5 percent of
the plan. Over the past year, 358,155 tons of road bitumen were
produced (100.8 percent of the plan).
The leaders in consumption of road bitumen produced at the plant
in 2023 are Almaty region with 60,913 tons (17 percent), Mangystau
region with 44,025 tons (12 percent), and Zhambyl region with
39,404 tons (11 percent) of the total shipment volume.
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