Members of the Kazakhstan Republic Kurultai working group on the draft law “On the Petrochemical Industry” visited petrochemical facilities in Atyrau Region.
The visit was organised by the KAZENERGY Association with the participation of the Ministry of Energy, KazMunayGas National Company JSC, industry associations and enterprises.
On the first day, the deputies visited construction sites for Eskene LPG LLP’s liquefied petroleum gas receiving, transshipment and fractionation terminal and GPC Investment LLP’s gas processing plant. They were briefed on the progress of the projects.
They also toured the NINT special economic zone and its operating and planned production facilities. These included the construction sites of Butadien LLP’s butadiene plant and Silleno LLP’s polyethylene plant, an infrastructure facility operated by Karabatan Utility Solution LLP, and Intago Kazakhstan LLP’s geosynthetic materials plant.
The group also learned about production processes at the polypropylene plant operated by Kazakhstan Petrochemical Industries Inc. (KPI). On the second day, the deputies visited the Atyrau Oil Refinery and the TEXOL group’s Atyrau car-building plant.
The programme concluded with a working meeting involving government agencies and industry representatives. Discussions covered raw material supplies, support for deeper processing, and investment and technology barriers.
Participants’ proposals are to be consolidated for further consideration during preparation of the draft law on the petrochemical industry.
