Oil retreats after hitting 2015 highs

Oil prices fell on Friday, dropping from highs last seen in 2015, as soaring U.S. production undermined a 10 percent rally from December lows that were driven by tightening supply and political tensions in OPEC member Iran. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were at $61.40 a barrel by...

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Med Crude-Urals falls in north amid Forties return

Kazakhstan’s benchmark Russian Urals crude’s differentials fell in the Baltic on Friday after a brief upswing, as the return of North Sea Forties crude this week weighed on the grade that can be used as an alternative. The 3-week halt in Forties loadings due to the pipeline shutdown had...

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China increases gas imports from Central Asia in 2017

Through the year 2017, China received 38.7 billion cubic meters of natural gas via the Central Asia-China gas pipeline, which is 13.37 percent more than last year, said a pipeline operator company in Khorgos city (Xinjiang-Uygur Autonomous Region, North-West China). The Central Asia-China gas pipeline...

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About 14,000 tons of benzene exported from Atyrau refinery

The Atyrau oil refinery became the first in Kazakhstan to supply benzene - a raw material for petrochemicals - for export, Kazinform reported. “In the past 2017, as many as 8,951 tons of benzene or 104 percent of the planned amount was produced. Since the beginning of the production of benzene,...

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Two solar and wind power stations to be built in Mangistau

In Akshukur, Mangistau province, it is planned to build a 5 MW wind farm, in the Batyr village - a solar power plant with a capacity of 7 MW. The projects are expected to be implemented in the first quarter of 2018, Kazpravda.kz reports with reference to the press service of the Mangistau region governor. Also...

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