Kazakhstan`s National Petroleum & Natural Gas Co. and China National Petroleum Corp. finished their 600-mile Atasu-to-Alashankou oil pipeline.
The line can move 140 million barrels per year of crude oil from Kazakhstan to China starting Jan. 1, 2006, the Oil & Gas Journal reported Wednesday.
Kazakhstan election outcomes may influence Central Asian stability, State Duma deputy
Russian deputy, chairman of the State Duma Committee for CIS Affairs and Ties with Compatriots Andrei Kokoshin has agreed to give an exclusive interview to KAZINFORM correspondent.
-Mr Kokoshin, could you say, what does the prospective President’s election of Kazakhstan mean for Russia?
-Election of the head of the friendly and fraternal state is of great importance for Russia. Our knowledge about Kazakhstan, intercourse with Kazakhstan friends bespeak that for the past years the republic has been demonstrating serious success, primarily, in economics. Substantial progress in political and social spheres has been observed as well.