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Notes to the Consolidated<br />

Financial Statements<br />

KZT millions, unless otherwise stated<br />

1. CORPORATE INFORMATION AND PRINCIPAL<br />

ACTIVITIES<br />

KazMunaiGas Exploration Production Joint Stock Company<br />

(the “Company”) is incorporated in the Republic of Kazakhstan<br />

and is engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development,<br />

production, processing and export of hydrocarbons with its<br />

core operations of oil and gas properties located in the Pre-<br />

Caspian and Mangistau basins of western Kazakhstan. The<br />

Company’s direct majority shareholder is Joint Stock Company<br />

National Company KazMunaiGas (“NC KMG” or the “Parent<br />

Company”), which represents the state’s interests in the Kazakh<br />

oil and gas industry and which holds 63.22% of the Company’s<br />

outstanding shares as at December 31, 2012 (2011: 61.3%).<br />

The Parent Company is 100% owned by Joint Stock Company<br />

Samruk-Kazyna Sovereign Welfare Fund (“Samruk-Kazyna<br />

SWF”), which is in turn 100% owned by the government of the<br />

Republic of Kazakhstan (the “Government”).<br />

The Company conducts its principal operations through the<br />

wholly owned subsidiaries JSC “Ozenmunaigas” and JSC<br />

“Embamunaigas”. In addition the Company has oil and gas<br />

interests in the form of other wholly owned subsidiaries, jointly<br />

controlled entities, associate and certain other controlling<br />

and non-controlling interests in non-core entities. These<br />

consolidated financial statements reflect the financial position<br />

and results of operations of all of the above interests.<br />

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES<br />

The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation<br />

of these consolidated financial statements are set out below.<br />

These policies have been consistently applied to all the years<br />

presented, unless otherwise stated.<br />

2.1 Basis of preparation<br />

These consolidated financial statements have been prepared<br />

in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards<br />

(“IFRS”). The consolidated financial statements have been<br />

prepared under the historical cost convention except for<br />

financial instruments. These consolidated financial statements<br />

are presented in Tenge and all values are rounded to the<br />

nearest million unless otherwise stated.<br />

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with IFRS requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates.<br />

It also requires management to exercise its judgment in the process of applying the Company’s accounting policies. The<br />

areas involving a higher degree of judgment or complexity, or areas where assumptions and estimates are significant to<br />

the consolidated financial statements are disclosed in Note 4.<br />

Adopted accounting standards and<br />

interpretations<br />

The Company has adopted the following new and amended<br />

IFRS during the year, which did not have any material effect on<br />

the financial performance or position of the Company:<br />

IFRS 7<br />

IAS 12<br />

IFRS 1<br />

IAS 1<br />

Disclosures: enhanced derecognition disclosure requirements – Amendment;<br />

Deferred Tax: Recovery of underlying Assets – Amendment;<br />

Severe hyperinflation and removal of fixed dates for first-time adopters – Amendment;<br />

Presentation of items of other comprehensive income – Amendment (early adopted);<br />

––<br />

Improvements to IFRSs (May 2012) (early adopted).<br />

Standards issued but not yet effective<br />

The standards and interpretations that are issued but not yet effective up to the date of issuance of the Company’s financial<br />

statements listed below, are those that the Company reasonably expects will have an impact on the disclosures, financial position<br />

or performance when applied at future date. The Company intends to adopt these standards and interpretations, if applicable when<br />

they become effective.<br />

IFRS 11<br />

IFRS 12<br />

IAS 28<br />

IFRS 10<br />

IAS 27<br />

IFRS 13<br />

IFRS 9<br />

IAS 19<br />

Joint arrangements. The Company is currently assessing the impact that this standard will have on the financial position and<br />

performance;<br />

Disclosure of interest in other entities. A number of new disclosures will be required under this standard, however no impact on<br />

Company’s financial position or results is expected;<br />

Joint arrangements. The Company is currently assessing the impact that this standard will have on the financial position and<br />

performance;<br />

Disclosure of interest in other entities. A number of new disclosures will be required under this standard, however no impact on<br />

Company's financial position or results is expected;<br />

Separate financial statements (2011). The Company does not present separate financial statements;<br />

Fair value measurement. The Company does not expect to have any material impact from adopting this standard in the future;<br />

Financial instruments: classification and measurement. The Company will quantify the effect in conjunction with the other phases, when<br />

the final standard including all phases is issued;<br />

Employee benefits (Revised). The Company does not expect to have any material impact from adopting this standard in the future.<br />

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Annual report 2012 KazMunaiGas Exploration Production JSC

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