Kazakhstan

Country Analysis Brief Overview

Kazakhstan, an oil producer since 1911, has the second largest oil reserves as well as the second largest oil production among the former Soviet republics after Russia.
Kazakhstan's current production is dominated by two giant fields: Tengiz and Karachaganak, which produce about half of Kazakhstan's total output.
Most of Kazakhstan's natural gas reserves comprise associated gas and are located in just four fields: Karachaganak, Tengiz, Imashevskoye, and Kashagan.

Analysis Last Updated: September 18, 2012

Overview data for Kazakhstan

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Petroleum (Thousand Barrels per Day)			2011				2012
		History	Kazakhstan	Eurasia	World	Rank	Kazakhstan
Total Oil Production	Production of crude oil (including lease condensate), natural gas plant liquids, and other liquids, and refinery processing gain (loss). Negative value indicates refinery processing loss.	Total Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	1,638.35	13,332	87,329	18	1,605.88
Crude Oil Production	Includes lease condensate.	Crude Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	1,552.94	12,649	74,136	16	1,514.48
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum products and direct combustion of crude oil.	Petroleum Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	263.00	4,271	87,605	47	272.00 ^FF
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Total Oil Production – Consumption. Negative numbers are Net Imports.	Petroleum Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	1,375.35	9,061	--	155	1,333.88
Refinery Capacity	Crude oil distillation capacity as of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Petroleum Refinery Capacity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	345	8,209	88,097	44	345
Proved Reserves(Billion Barrels)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Petroleum Proved Reserves Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	30.00	99	1,474	12	30.00
Natural Gas (Billion Cubic Feet)			2010				2011
		History	Kazakhstan	Eurasia	World	Rank	Kazakhstan
Production	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	307	26,848	111,954	42	401
Consumption	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	303	21,113	113,321	49	436
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports - Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Note: Data range begins with the year 1990.	Natural Gas Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	4	5,852	--	65	-35
Proved Reserves (Trillion Cubic Feet)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Natural Gas Proved Reserves Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	85	2,165	6,637	15	85
Coal (Million Short Tons)			2010				2011
		History	Kazakhstan	Eurasia	World	Rank	Kazakhstan
Production	Production of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale).	Coal Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	122.278	567	7,954	10	128.607
Consumption	Consumption of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale) and net imports of metallurgical coke.	Coal Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	86.714	432	7,770	12	92.076
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports – Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Includes primary coal and metallurgical coke.	Coal Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	33.447	147	--	101	36.531
Electricity (Billion Kilowatthours)			2009				2010
		History	Kazakhstan	Eurasia	World	Rank	Kazakhstan
Net Generation	Conventional thermal electricity, hydroelectric power, nuclear electric power, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power generation.	Electricity Net Generation Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	74.33	1,359	19,071	37	78.09
Net Consumption	Net generation+electricty imports-electricity exports-electricity distribution losses.	Electricity Net Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	67.19	1,181	17,360	37	72.61
Installed Capacity (GWe)	One billion watts or one thousand megawatts of electric capacity, as of January 1.	Electricity Installed Capacity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	18.73	353	4,843	36	18.73
Total Primary Energy (Quadrillion Btu)			2009				2010
		History	Kazakhstan	Eurasia	World	Rank	Kazakhstan
Production	Production of petroleum (crude oil and natural gas plant liquids), dry natural gas, and coal, and net generation of hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power.	Total Primary Energy Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	5.570	67	487	21	5.822
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum, dry natural gas, and coal, and net hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electricity. Also includes net electricty imports.	Total Primary Energy Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	2.143	40	488	34	2.255
Energy Intensity (Btu per 2005 U.S. Dollars)	Consumption per dollar of gross domestic product using purchasing power parities.	Total Primary Energy Intensity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	12,917	14,363	7,461	22	12,703
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Million Metric Tons of CO₂)			2010				2011
		History	Kazakhstan	Eurasia	World	Rank	Kazakhstan
Total from Consumption of Fossil Fuels	Emissions from the consumption of petroleum, natural gas, and coal and the flaring of natural gas.	CO2 from Consumption of Fossil Fuels Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	178.71	2,429	31,502	30	195.35