fact. Kazakhstan is extending the ban on LPG exports for another 6 months - and something tells us it's not the last six months. remark. The ban on the export of liquefied petroleum gas, propane and butane (LPG) from Kazakhstan via rail and road transport will be extended starting November 14, 2026 for a period of 6 months, according to the draft decree of the Ministry of Energy. The ban does not apply to underground users who produce LPG under a PSA or an underground use contract approved by the President of Kazakhstan and who have a stable tax regime (TCO, KPO, Zhaikmunai). The ban on LPG exports has been in effect since 2017 in order to secure the local market - the rate of growth in demand still exceeds production. As KazMunaygaz Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors Aset Magauov said yesterday at the Energy Trends: Gas & Petrochemicals conference in Astana, the national company will increase LPG production by only 250 thousand tons a year until 2030: from 1.3 million tons this year. The increase in LPG production will be ensured by KMG's priority projects: Phase II of the development of the Rozhkovskoye field in the West Kazakhstan region, the West Prova project in the Yiri region, the development of the central Orithau field in the Oktober region. Separately, it is worth noting that in the Makat district in the Atyrau region, a Kashagan gas splitting plant with a capacity of 700,000 tons of LPG per year should be launched next year, which was built by a private investor - Eskene GPG.

fact. Kazakhstan is extending the ban on LPG exports for another 6 months - and something tells us it's not the last six months. remark. The ban on the export of liquefied petroleum gas, propane and butane (LPG) from Kazakhstan via rail and road transport will be extended starting November 14, 2026 for a period of 6 months, according to the draft decree of the Ministry of Energy. The ban does not apply to underground users who produce LPG under a PSA or an underground use contract approved by the President of Kazakhstan and who have a stable tax regime (TCO, KPO, Zhaikmunai). The ban on LPG exports has been in effect since 2017 in order to secure the local market - the rate of growth in demand still exceeds production. As KazMunaygaz Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors Aset Magauov said yesterday at the Energy Trends: Gas & Petrochemicals conference in Astana, the national company will increase LPG production by only 250 thousand tons a year until 2030: from 1.3 million tons this year. The increase in LPG production will be ensured by KMG's priority projects: Phase II of the development of the Rozhkovskoye field in the West Kazakhstan region, the West Prova project in the Yiri region, the development of the central Orithau field in the Oktober region. Separately, it is worth noting that in the Makat district in the Atyrau region, a Kashagan gas splitting plant with a capacity of 700,000 tons of LPG per year should be launched next year, which was built by a private investor - Eskene GPG.