OREANDA-NEWS. JSC KazMunaiGas Exploration Production (“KMG EP” or “the Company”) announces its operating results for the first nine months of 2015. KMG EP produced 9,245 thousand tonnes of crude oil (251kbopd), including the Company’s stakes in Kazgermunai (KGM), CCEL (Karazhanbasmunai) and PetroKazakhstan Inc. (PKI), which is 0.3% more than in the same period of 2014.

Ozenmunaigas JSC (OMG) produced 4,115 thousand tonnes (111 kbopd), an increase of 123 thousand tonnes (3 kbopd) or 3% over the same period of 2014. Embamunaigas JSC (EMG) produced 2,104 thousand tonnes (57 kbopd), which is 6 thousand tonnes (0.2 kbopd) less than in the same period of 2014. The total volume of oil produced at OMG and EMG is 6,219 thousand tonnes (168 kbopd), which is a 2% increase over the same period of 2014.

The Company’s share in production from CCEL, KGM and PKI for the nine months of 2015 amounted to 3,026 thousand tonnes of crude oil (83 kbopd), which is 3% less than in the same period of 2014 which primarily relates to the planned reduction of production in PKI.

In the first nine months of 2015, OMG and EMG sold 6,117 thousand tonnes (162 kbopd) of crude oil, including 3,303 thousand tonnes (87 kbopd) to export, 1,898 thousand tonnes (50kbopd) of crude oil and oil products to domestic market and 916 thousand tonnes of crude oil to Russia.

Out of 1,898 thousand tonnes (50 kbopd) of crude oil and oil products supplied to domestic market, 1,715 thousand tonnes (45 kbopd) of crude oil were supplied to Atyrau Refinery from OMG and EMG; 140 thousand tonnes (4 kbopd) of crude oil were also supplied to Pavlodar Petrochemical Plant from EMG. Additionally, 43 thousand tonnes (1.2 kbopd) of oil products were sold in the domestic market.

The Company’s share in the sales from CCEL, KGM, and PKI was 2,974 thousand tonnes of crude oil (81 kbopd), including 1,285 thousand tonnes (34 kbopd) supplied to export, or 43% of total sales volume. The domestic sales volume was 1,620 thousand tonnes (45 kbopd) of crude oil of which 1,097 thousand tonnes (31 kbopd) were supplied to Pavlodar Petrochemical Plant; 363 thousand tonnes (10 kbopd) were supplied to Shymkent Refinery; 44 thousand tonnes (1 kbopd) were supplied to Atyrau Refinery; and 116 thousand tonnes (3 kbopd) were supplied to Aktau Bitumen Plant. 70 thousand tonnes of crude oil (2 kbopd) were shipped to Russia.