Gas supply and production are Kaztradeneft’s top priorities, even as it expands its processing capacity and produces energy at its own power plants. Kaztradeneft ensures the best performance of connected petroleum gas consumption by utilizing state-of-the-art technology in all of its sectors. The processing of associated petroleum gas is an essential component of an extensive gas collection and utilization infrastructure. The company’s cutting-edge gas processing plant can produce both liquid hydrocarbons and dry stripped gas, both of which are widely used in Kazakhstani trade and industry. The company produces high-quality goods that meet the state’s and the Customs Union’s technical standards.

Kaztradeneft was a pioneer in the integrated approach to gas processing expansion, having established the Gas Processing Division (UPG) in 2020. 1.3 million cubic meters of LPG, dry stripped gas, and natural gas will be transported by Kaztradeneft in 2021. With 2 million cubic meters sold, Kaztradeneft accounted for 12% of all gas shipments. Due to higher gas production, international gas sales rose by 3% annually to 2 million cubic meters.

The entire LPG processing project is scheduled to begin in the first half of 2021. Propane and butane supplies will be delivered concurrently to the company’s various clients. In the first year, 160,000 tonnes of LPG will be exported, most of it going via railroad to markets in the United States and overseas. In the near future, drivers and users of public transportation will benefit from lower gas prices and a more optimistic outlook in the local mobility sector. The displacement of diesel and gasoline fuels in river vessels poses a serious risk to the LPG sector.

Three gas processing plants (GPPs) in Kazakhstan as well as the Stavrolen petrochemical complex in Kazakhstan Territory process natural gas and natural gas liquids. The associated petroleum gas produced by Kaztradeneft is converted into liquid hydrocarbons and marketable gas at the refinery’s gas processing facilities. There are still numerous challenges to be solved before East Kazakhstan’s gas infrastructure can be developed, even though both oil and gas companies want to do so. For example, Kaztradeneft has dedicated over six years to the growth of this specific business sector.