KAZAKHSTAN UPSTREAM OIL AND GAS technology and R&d ...

Roadmap development
Project objective
The objective of the roadmapping project
was to take the vision first outlined by the
President and later developed by the industry
and to formulate a way of realising it. It was
to provide a route by which Kazakhstan could
elevate its upstream oil and gas industry,
ultimately to the benefit of the entire economy.
In more detail, the project set out to:
n improve our understanding of the
challenges faced by the Kazakhstan
upstream oil and gas industry and thence to
prioritise them;
n identify potential solutions to the challenges
and examine their implementation in
Kazakhstan;
n provide direction and focus for upstream oil
and gas R&D efforts within the country;
n highlight opportunities for local companies
to contribute more to the upstream industry
and thereby grow and develop their
businesses nationally and internationally;
n identify areas where further education,
training and skills development are required
within the Kazakhstan workforce; and
n put forward a series of actions or enablers,
many but not all of them government-policy
measures, with the power to accelerate
progress toward the vision.
Engagement and collaboration have been
the bywords of the roadmapping project over
the past two to three years, as the whole
upstream industry has made unprecedented
efforts to cast fresh light on these issues. The
work progressed through a series of stages
and involved discussions, visits, studies
and, not least, highly interactive workshops
attended by senior representatives of the
many companies and organisations involved
in the industry.
Engagement and collaboration have been the
bywords of the roadmapping project over
the past two to three years, as the whole
upstream industry has made unprecedented
efforts to cast fresh light on these issues.
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Kazakhstan Upstream oil and gas technology and R&D roadmap