Natural gas production in Kazakhstan for the year will amount to 54.8 billion cubic meters. Growth compared with last year will be 2.6%, said the Minister of Energy Kanat Bozumbayev.

Production of commercial gas increased to 33 billion cubic meters with an increase of 4.4% and liquefied gas - up to 3 million tons with an increase of 3.4% by 2017. Gas exports will amount to 19 billion cubic meters with an increase of 10.4% by 2017. Given that the plan for 2018 was exactly this figure.

“Within the framework of economic cooperation with China, the annual volume of gas exports to ten billion cubic meters has been adjusted. In 2017, gas exports in the amount of 1.1 billion cubic meters were first carried out, in 2018 the volume will already amount to 5.8 billion cubic meters,” he said.

He also noted that this year the volume of international gas transit was increased to 90 billion cubic meters, an increase by 2017 of 6.4%. Thus, transit to Uzbekistan amounted to 10.5 billion cubic meters, to Turkmenistan - 36.0 billion cubic meters, to Russia - 43.5 billion cubic meters.

“The Qazaq Times”