Pre-feasibility study for north and east Kazakhstan gasification with Russia's involvement to be ready in July - ministryA pre-feasibility study for the gasification of the north and east of Kazakhstan with Russia's participation will be ready in July, Kazakh Energy Minister Almasadam Satkaliyev said."A working group of the Energy Ministry, QazaqGaz and Gazprom is working on a pre-feasibility study for the gasification of the north and east of Kazakhstan. The pre-feasibility study will be ready in July this year," Satkaliyev said at a parliament meeting on Friday.He said the project would primarily take into account "the interests of Kazakhstan and our country's energy independence."Reports have said a Russia-Kazakhstan-China gas pipeline might be built for the gasification of the north and east of Kazakhstan.QazaqGaz and Gazprom are looking into the issue of a pre-feasibility study for a Russia-Kazakhstan-China gas pipeline, Kazakh Energy Minister Bolat Akchulakov said in FebruaryHe said the pipeline might be built from Kostanay to Ust-Kamenogorsk via Astana, Pavlodar, and Semey. (ICE ALMATY)

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