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Kazakhstan’s gas outlook: has it overcommitted to China?
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Report summary
Kazakhstan’s gas sector is coming of age. In 2018, state-owned KazTransGas signed a five-year export deal to deliver up to 1.0 bcfd (10 bcm per year) to China in 2019-23. The scale of the new export commitment cannot be overstated. It represents nearly one-third of Kazakhstan’s marketed gas output and is almost on par with current domestic demand (1.5 bcfd). This has led to concerns – in both Kazakhstan and China – about the Central Asian producer’s ability to deliver on the contract in full.
Table of contents
- Executive summary
- A new piece of the China gas supply mix
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Volume growth, but an increasingly blurry strategy
- Where will further growth come from?
- Tengizchevroil
- Karachaganak
- Kashagan
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Gas economics are still a work in progress
- A lack of commercial incentives
- A range of commercial obstacles
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Conclusion: a new roadmap is needed
- Price transparency and incremental reform
- Incentives for upstream cooperation
- Evaluation of new approaches
Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
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Central Asia gas flows to China – base caseKazakh gas – overview of flowsModel non-associated gas field – economic scenarios
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Kazakh gas outlook (production and sales)Economics of Kazakh gas supply to ChinaKazakhstan – key pre-FID gas resource opportunities
What's included
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