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  • Kazakhstan has the second largest oil reserves as well as the second largest oil production among the former Soviet republics after Russia. The country also has large reserves of natural gas and production of both oil and gas is steadily increasing.
  • Kazakhstan is aiming to become one the world's top oil exporters in the next decade based on the development of 3 major oilfields.
  • With large amounts of associated natural gas in its oil fields, Kazakhstan is on the verge of being a net gas exporter.
  • Kazakhstan contains Central Asia’s largest recoverable coal reserves, and is the second largest coal producer in the Former Soviet Union after Russia.

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Petroleum (Thousand Barrels per Day)
2008
2009
   
30 Year History
Kazakhstan
Eurasia
World
Rank
    
Kazakhstan
Total Oil Production 1,430.68 12,552 85,319 19   1,540.41
Crude Oil Production 1,345.42 11,906 73,575 19   1,455.15
Consumption 247.50 4,215 85,436 49   241.00 F
Net Export/Imports(-) 1,183.18 8,338 -- 206   1,299.41
Total Oil Exports to U.S. 12 605 12,915 41   29
Refinery Capacity 345 8,205 85,460 44   345
Proved Reserves(Billion Barrels) 30.00 99 1,330 11   30.00
Natural Gas (Billion Cubic Feet)
2009
2010
   
29 Year History
Kazakhstan
Eurasia
World
Rank
 
Kazakhstan
Production 388 24,094 104,787 38   307
Consumption 304 19,106 105,225 46   303
Net Export/Imports(-) 133 5,454 -- 65   4
Proved Reserves
(Trillion Cubic Feet)
85 1,994 6,289 13   85
Coal (Million Short Tons)
2009
2010
   
Kazakhstan
Eurasia
World
Rank
 
Kazakhstan
Production 111.173 498 7,546 10   122.135
Consumption 79.124 374 7,318 12   86.862
Net Export/Imports(-) 32.075 121 -- 103   35.273
Electricity (Billion Kilowatthours)
2008
2009
   
Kazakhstan
Eurasia
World
Rank
 
Kazakhstan
Net Generation 75.88 1,430 19,104 36   74.33
Net Consumption 69.05 1,244 17,420 35   67.21
Installed Capacity (GWe) 18.73 351 4,635 37   18.73
Total Primary Energy (Quadrillion Btu)
2008
2009
   
Kazakhstan
Eurasia
World
Rank
 
Kazakhstan
Production 5.542 70 489 20   5.562
Consumption 2.365 45 491 34   2.207
Energy Intensity
(Btu per 2005 U.S. Dollars)
14,428 14,875 7,457 18   13,305
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Million Metric Tons of CO₂)
2008
2009
   
Kazakhstan
Eurasia
World
Rank
 
Kazakhstan
Total from Consumption of Fossil Fuels 167.53 2,565 30,400 29   184.12

-- = Not applicable; NA = Not available; F = Forecast value
Sources: EIA, International Energy Statistics

Last Update: June 30, 2010 (All Fuels) | July 14, 2010 (Petroleum)
Next Update: August 1, 2010 (All Fuels)
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