Kazakhstan to borrow gas for heating season
Kazakhstan will borrow 1.2 billion cubic meters of gas from
China, Russia and Uzbekistan for the heating season, Kazinform news
agency reported with the reference to Oil and Gas Minister Sauat
Mynbayev.
"We have agreed on borrowing 1.2 billion cubic meters of gas from
China, Gazprom [Russian gas company] and Uzbekistan to provide the
country with gas in the heating season. [Domestic] gas consumption
is growing," Mynbayev said.
Mynbayev added that the agreement with China will be signed in the
coming days.
Mynbayev said that 500 million cubic meters of borrowed gas is
intended for the heating season this year, including December,
while 700 million cubic meters will be consumed in January,
February and March 2013.
Kazakhstan borrowed 800 million cubic meters of gas from Gazprom in
the previous heating season, Mynbayev added.
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