Nurlan Nogayev: Petrochemistry is one of the priority directions of the fuel and energy complex development

During a working trip to Almaty region, Minister of Energy Nurlan Nogayev got acquainted with the work of "LUKOIL Lubricants Central Asia" LLP plant for the production of lubricants, the press service of the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan reports.

"LUKOIL Lubricants Central Asia" LLP (100% subsidiary of Lukoil), a plant for the production of lubricants, was opened in 2019 and is intended for the compounding (mixing) process of base oils and additives in order to produce finished oils.

The plant's capacity is 100 thousand tons / year of lubricants and can produce more than 700 types of commercial motor, industrial, transmission oils.

Summing up the results of the visit, Nurlan Nogayev spoke about the measures taken by the Ministry to develop the petrochemical industry.

In particular, the Ministry of Energy initiated to include the agenda of next meeting of the intergovernmental commission between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Republic of Uzbekistan the issue of possibility ratification by the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan of amendments (introduced in 2000 and 2009) to the Rules for determining the country of origin of goods, approved by the decision of the Council of Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Independent States September 24, 1993. In the future, this step will simplify the procedure for exporting petrochemical products by obtaining ST-1 certificate. Currently, Kazakhstan has 4 enterprises for the production of lubricants with a total capacity of 145 thousand tons per year.

- The head of state in his message gave a number of specific instructions regarding the development of petrochemical industry, -noted Nurlan Nogayev. - In order to execute this order, the government is already taking measures such as simplifying certain procedures, removing administrative barriers, creating a favorable business climate for developing a competitive environment in the petrochemical industry. This is one of the priority directions of development fuel and energy complex, in which work is carried out on an ongoing basis.  

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