Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Sanzhar Zharkeshov, Chairman of the Management Board of NC QazaqGaz, signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2022.
The document outlines the intentions of the parties to increase, in a longer run, the processing of Kazakhstan-produced gas at the Orenburg Gas Processing Plant (GPP) to 11 billion cubic meters per year. The gas is extracted from the Karachaganak oil, gas and condensate field.
In the presence of Alexey Miller, Gazprom Pererabotka and KazRosGas signed a contract for processing gas from the Karachaganak field in 2022–2023. Specifically, the contract provides for the processing of 0.57 billion cubic meters of gas in addition to the planned amount of 8.1 billion cubic meters in the year 2022, as well as 1.23 billion cubic meters in addition to the initial level of 2022 in the year 2023.
