Kazakhstan plans to raise oil output to 82 million tons in 2013
09:45, 12 September 2012
ASTANA. September 12. KAZINFORM Kazakhstan expects crude-oil output to rise to 82 million metric tons next year, according to the Economic Development and Trade Ministry.
Production may rise to 83 million tons in 2014 and reach 102 million tons by 2017, the ministry said in a statement distributed today to reporters in the Kazakh capital, Astana. That compares with 81 million tons this year, Kazinform has learnt from Bloomberg.