Minister of Energy of Kazakhstan Bolat Akchulakov met with residents of Karaganda region

The Minister of Energy of Kazakhstan Bolat Akchulakov held a meeting with the population of the Karaganda region and spoke about the situation in the fuel and energy complex of the region.

As part of the execution of the instruction of the Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on reforming the market of fuels and lubricants, measures are being taken to ensure transparency and transparency in the production and distribution of petroleum products, to prevent a shortage of diesel fuel by developing differentiated prices, and an order was also adopted to extend the ban on the export of petroleum products by road until the end of 2022.

Thus, for the timely and stable conduct of autumn field work, farmers of the country have allocated more than 423 thousand tons of diesel fuel at a price of 222 thousand tenge/ton at oil refineries (184 tenge/liter), which is lower than retail prices by an average of 15-25%, depending on the region. 20.7 thousand tons of diesel fuel are provided for the Karaganda region.

By the end of 2022, the region has approved maximum retail prices for liquefied natural gas in the amount of 70 tenge per 1 liter. There are eight gas filling stations and about 180 automobile gas filling stations in the region.

Bolat Akchulakov noted that the Ministry is taking measures to reengineer the mechanism of distribution of liquefied gas in the regions to ensure long-term price stability and prevent speculative price spikes, rules will be developed to determine the maximum wholesale prices for liquefied gas by manufacturing plants based on established retail prices.

Also, the gasification of the Karaganda region today provides for the implementation of 24 launch complexes, including:

- the gasification of Karaganda consists of 16 launch complexes, which will provide gas to about 30 thousand homes;

- Temirtau gasification consists of 8 launch complexes, their implementation will be able to gasify 9128 houses.

According to the press service of the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan