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On 3 October 2013, the Royal Tulip Hotel hosted the annual General Meeting of the Members of the Association of Service Companies of Kazakhstan.
07-10-2013
At the General Meeting the representatives of the Association informed the Members about its activity results for 2013, implemented events, about the work of regional representatives and the committees, as well as about the work of KazService Magazine. The General Meeting also included discussions of the issues related to the Association activity in 2014, KazService Magazine media plan for 2014, as well as the action plan.
On 3 October 2013 in Almaty at the Royal Tulip Hotel the Association of Service Companies of Kazakhstan organized and held a round table discussion on the development of the domestic oilfield services sphere.
04-10-2013
On 3 October 2013, during the week of the International Oil & Gas Exhibition KIOGE 2013 in Almaty at the Royal Tulip Hotel the Association of Service Companies of Kazakhstan organized and held a round table discussion on the development of the domestic oilfield services sphere. 

The round table was attended by the Vice-Minister of Industry and New Technologies of the Republic of Kazakhstan Mr. Sauranbaev N.E.,the Advisor to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Mr. Kamaliev B.S., the Deputy Councilor of Atyrau region Mr. Nakpaev S.Zh., the Deputy Chairman of the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs Ms. Duzbaeva M.A., the Member of the Presidium of the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs Mr. Abulgazin D.R., the Director of Contract Agency Branch of IACOG JSC Mr. Nurbekov Zh.I., the Director of the Department of service projects of NC KazMunaiGas JSC Mr. Ibraimov T.R., the Director of the Department of Local Content Development of the MINT Mr. Kameli S., and the Executive Director of the Engineering Union of Kazakhstan Mr. Altaev T.

The roundtable was attended by nearly 100 foreign and domestic companies, including companies that are members of the Association of Service Companies of Kazakhstan.

The Moderator of the round table was the Chairman of the Presidium of the Association of Service Companies of Kazakhstan Mr. Kakishev Zh.Sh.

The Vice-Minister of Industry and New Technologies of the Republic of Kazakhstan Mr. Sauranbaev N.E. shared his opinion about the future development of the industry and the contribution of the oilfield services to the second Five-Year Plan of the National Program for Boosted Industrial-Innovation Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The General Director  of the Association of Service Companies of Kazakhstan, Mr. Augambay D.K. spoke about the prospects of oilfield service industry development and about the current problems and challenges existing in this industrial sector.

The Director of Contract Agency Branch of IACOG JSC Mr. Nurbekov Zh.I., informed the round table participants on the ongoing work to improve the local content.

The Director of the Department of Service Projects of NC KazMunaiGas JSC Mr. Ibraimov T.R. spoke about the work of the National Company for the Development of Domestic Oilfield Services.

The Executive Director of the Engineering Union of Kazakhstan Mr. Altaev T. spoke about the needs of  machine builders in the oilfield services industry and about the plans to join forces of the Association Service Companies and Engineering Union of Kazakhstan for the further development of the domestic industry.

The Member of the Presidium of the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs Mr. Abulgazin D.R. spoke about the role of SPE in the local content issues.

After these speeches the heads of local companies propounded their offers and questions, related to the further development of domestic oilfield services within the Customs Union and after Kazakhstan accession to the WTO.
 
Between 1 and 4 October 2013, took place the 21st Kazakhstan International Oil & Gas Exhibition KIOGE-2013 in Almaty.
04-10-2013
The exhibition and conference, which were held in those days, were attended by companies and delegates from more than 30 countries. The Association of Service Companies of Kazakhstan provided the official support for this event and also took an active participation in the conference, making speeches in the sections, devoted to the issues of oilfield services business and to other issues of local content.
On 3 October 2013, the Presidium consisting of 12 companies was formed according to the results of the General Meeting of Members of the Association of Service Companies of Kazakhstan.
03-10-2013
The Presidium of the Association includes the Regional Directors of the Association:

1) Akilbek Alibekov, the Regional Director of Aktobe region, the Director of Stroy Service & K LLC;

2) Tatiana Mamaeva, the Regional Director of Mangistau region, the Deputy General Director of Prikaspiysky Machine Building Complex Ltd.;

3) Serbolat Shoraev, the Regional Director of Atyrau region, the Director of Logic Services Ltd.;

4) Aslan Oryngaliev, the Regional Director of Kyzylorda region, the Commercial Director of FracJet LLC;

5 ) Kanat Zeynolla, the Regional Director of the Almaty region, the Chairman of the Association of Service Companies of Kazakhstan on cooperation with Asian countries;

6) Erzhan Syrymov, the Director of Germanischer Lloyd Industrial Services Kazakhstan LLP;

7) Bakhytbek Katen, the Director of APMG EPC LLP;

8) Askar Temirtashev, the Director of MH Industries Co., Ltd.

9) Ian Chang, the Director of Ersai Caspian Contractor LLC;

10) Siddik Khan, Globalink Transportation & Logistics Worldwide LLP;

11) Bisenbav Shagirov, the Director of SPC Geoken LLP;

12) ECOS LLP;

On 1 October, the next issue of KazService magazine was released.
01-10-2013
This issue is dedicated to Atyrau region, companies operating in  the region, as well as to the projects which are implemented in this region.
This issue contains the following materials:
- Interview of the Local Councilor (akim) of Atyrau region, Mr. Izmuhambetov B.S.;
- Information about the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs;
- Information about the New Members of the Association;
- Opinion on the Project of future expansion of Tengizchevroil Company;
- Thoughts about the Kazakhstani  Engineering sphere (interview with the General  Director of  Kazgiproneftetrans, Mr. Serikov F.T.;
- Expert opinions and sports column.

The Ministry of industry and new technologies of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Tengizchevroil established the Expert Council on the increase of the local content within the Future Growth Project of Tengizchevroil, LLP (TCO).
16-09-2013

Association became the member of the Expert Council and will focus on the promotion of the interests of its members in this project.

The establishment of the new production and the provision of the services are the directions which are to be supported by TCO.

In this connection, Association asks you to provide us with any ideas and suggestions related to the new production and services to be announced and promoted at the Expert Council. Please send your information to info@kazservice.kz

Association of the service companies of Kazakhstan (KazService) informs you about the following events to be held on October 3, 2013:
13-09-2013
1) The round table devoted to the development of oil services sector in Kazakhstan with the participation of Mr. Aset Isekeshev the Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of industry and new technology of the Republic of Kazakhstan (TBC) – to be held at 16.00.

The problematic issues of oil services industry and local content, and also the potential entrance of the oil services industry to priority industry sectors will be discussed at this meeting. More than 100 managers of the large and medium services companies of Kazakhstan, working in the oil and gas industry (including non-members of the Association), and also the management of the Ministry of the oil and gas of the Republic of Kazakhstan, of Kazmunaygas JSC and etc will take part in these discussions.

2) Cocktail reception in honor of the Annual General Meeting of the members of Association – to be held at 18.00

KazService invites you to take part in these events and kindly asks you to confirm the participation at CEO (Deputy CEO) level.

Please let us know the name of participant till October 01, 2013 and send it to: info@kazservice.kz
The Union of Service Companies, together with TCO run the seminar for the construction service companies.
20-08-2013

This seminar was devoted to the issue of potential construction works for the Future Growth Project by TCO. TCO was represented by the vice manager of the FGP, head of the FGP Contractual Department, the FGP construction managers and designers.

The Union of Service Companies was represented by the following companies: SITEK Caspian, Kazturboremont, Centrasia Contractors, Mekhstroyservice, Arystan Group, Logic Services, Avencom, Kaefer and Akpan.

These companies were included in the list of potential participants and obtained the useful information on the entry procedure.   

Within the period from August 12 to 16, the management of the Union of Service Companies of Kazakhstan arranged the series of meetings with the representatives of the Atyrau Region Akimat, TCO, Union members.
20-08-2013
The meeting on the issues of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Republic of Kazakhstan and TCO on the TCO’s Future Growth Project (FGP), was held under chairmanship of Mr.A.Issekeshev, Vice Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
16-08-2013
The meeting on the issues of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Republic of Kazakhstan and TCO on the TCO’s Future Growth Project (FGP), was held under chairmanship of Mr.A.Issekeshev, Vice Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Minister of Industry and New Technologies of the RoK. The issues discussed also concerned the composition for the expert group on Kazakhstani content development for the TCO’s project implementation (FGP/WPS). The participants of the meeting included the heads of enterprises, management of the Ministry of Oil&Gas of the RoK, Ministry of Industry and New Technologies of the RoK, Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the RoK, JSC National Agency on Local Content Development NADLoK, JSC NC KazMunaiGaz, TCO, KazEnegry Association, Union of the Machine Builders of Kazakhstan and the Union of Service Companies.

The official support for the exhibition and conference Oil&Gas -KIOGE 2013 will be provided by the KazService, Union of Service Companies of Kazakhstan, which takes an active part in this event.
06-08-2013
See the details at the KIOGE web-site.
The forth issue of the journal “KazService” was published, which is dedicated to Kyzylorda oblast and problems of Kazakhstani engineering
01-08-2013
The forth issue of the journal “KazService” was published, which is dedicated to Kyzylorda oblast and problems of Kazakhstani engineering .

In this issue you will find an interview of the vice-minister of industry and new technologies Mr. Sauranbayev N.Ye., General director of Samruk-Kazyna Invest Mr. Iskakov D.Zh., Manager of the right adviser of the Eurasian subdivision of the corporation Chevron Mr. Yelyubayev Zh.S.  

Also in the issue you will find information about new members of the Association and about such companies, which operate in Kyzylorda oblast, as SMART-OIL and FracJet. 

This issue contains a column, dedicated to the mining sector, in which there is an article about Kazakhmys group and Sandvik Company. 

In the column “Society column” you will find an article about a collection of vintage wines Royal Tulip and about a new model Maserati Quattroporte.

And in the sports column you will find an interesting interview of the Secretary General of the Federation of hand-to-hand fighting of Kazakhstan Mr. Kutlubayev T. 


On the 31st of July 2013 there was a meeting on issues of the Future Growth Project of Tengizchevroil LLP (FGP TCO) under the chairmanship of the minister of industry and new technologies Mr. Issekeshev A.O.
31-07-2013
The minister of oil and gas Mr. Karabalin U.S., deputy general director of Tengizchevroil LLP Mr. Dzhakiyev A., heads of a number of big domestic enterprises, represented by WKEC (West Kazakhstan Engineering Company ), PHEW (Petropavlovsk Heavy Engineering Works), Yersay, Belkamit, Kazakhstan Engineering Union and the Association of service companies of Kazakhstan took part in it.       

Within the framework of the meeting the issues of a maximum involvement of domestic enterprises into FGP and reflection of this fact in the memorandum, which will be signed by the Government of the RK and TCO, were under discussion.

The Association of service companies of Kazakhstan also voiced its attitude regarding this issue, having reflected all aspects and suggestions, which have been quite long worked at and discussed with TCO.  

Taking into consideration the importance of this measure in the light of a necessity to increase really the Kazakhstani content in this large-scale project, it is offered to discuss the text of the memorandum more in detail and put forward own proposals. 

The next meeting on this issue will be held on the 8th of August 2013, at which suggestions from domestic companies will be voiced.   

On the 25th of July 2013 there was a meeting of operators, represented by KPO, TCO, NSOS, oil companies, service companies, as well as associations, represented by the management of Atameken Union, Kazakhstan Engineering Union and Kazservice
25-07-2013
On the 25th of July 2013 there was a meeting of operators, represented by KPO, TCO, NSOS, oil companies, service companies, as well as associations, represented by the management of Atameken Union, Kazakhstan Engineering Union and Association of service companies of Kazakhstan.   

This meeting was moderated by Lord Waverly, Adviser of the Chairman of the board of KazMunayGas JSC NC / Coordinator of Aktau declaration. 

Within the framework of this meeting the mechanism of interaction of domestic companies with operators, on the whole, and with TCO in particular, was discussed.   For example, the Association of service companies of Kazakhstan shared a successful outcome of negotiations, by the results of which domestic companies, including members of the Association, were included into the register of EPC-contractors.  

The key result of this meeting was the initiative to establish a consortium, which would include the Association of service companies of Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan Engineering Union and Atameken Union, which will jointly with Lord Waverly interact with operators and the sector on the issues of a maximum involvement of domestic companies into projects of operators.  

Association of service companies of Kazakhstan took part at the IV Kazakhstan-British forum of suppliers, which took place in Atyrau.
01-07-2013

Association of service companies of Kazakhstan took part at the IV Kazakhstan-British forum of suppliers, which took place in Atyrau.

Participants of the event were informed of projects in Kazakhstan, and the necessity of a local partner’s presence for a successful implementation of projects. Issues of licensing, personnel training and events, held by the Association, were raised as well. 

On June 28, 2013 the open day of Maersk company, which develops Dunga field, took place in Aktau. Heads of Maersk company informed of the expansion project of Dunga field, the budget of which amounts to more than 1 bln. USD.
28-06-2013

On June 28, 2013 the open day of Maersk company, which develops Dunga field, took place in Aktau. Heads of Maersk company informed of the expansion project of Dunga field, the budget of which amounts to more than 1 bln. USD. The management of the Association spoke with suggestions of Maersk company about increase of transparency of tender procedures, establishment of a department for local content development, simplification of tender procedures, and other issues of concern of service suppliers and producers were raised. In July - August 2013 the same events are planned to be held in companies of Lukoil and CNPC group. 

Association of service companies of Kazakhstan took part at the session of the Coordination council of KAZENERGY Association on issues of science, innovations and development of the Kazakhstan content.
27-06-2013
Association of service companies of Kazakhstan took part at the session of the Coordination council of KAZENERGY Association on issues of science, innovations and development of the Kazakhstan content. This event was held under the chairmanship of the President of KAZENERGY Social fund, the Chairman of the Coordination council Mr. Karabalin U.S. Participants were informed of the work done of the Coordination council for the period from November 9, 2012, of the expert group’s activity on encouraging and monitoring of new technologies and innovations in large oil and gas projects, approaches to unification of pre-qualification requirements and creation of a uniform structured base of Kazakhstan producers, proposals for further development of the Kazakhstan content were presented and discussed.

Association of service companies of Kazakhstan held a meeting with heads on development of the local content of the Future Growth Project (FGP) of Tengizchevroil company (TCO) and its general contractor KPJV
11-06-2013
Association of service companies of Kazakhstan held a meeting with heads on development of the local content of the Future Growth Project (FGP) of Tengizchevroil company (TCO) and its general contractor KPJV, which were informed of the Association’s activity and opportunities of Associate’s members. Such issues as attraction of Kazakhstan companies to the FGP project, the necessity of estbalishing joint ventures by foreign contractors, who plan to enter the market of Kazakhstan, were raised.
Security issues
05-06-2013
“Aliies Industrial” company headed the newly established committee for occupational health and safety issues. The Committee sets a goal to work on reducing of injury rate indicators and accidents at enterprises and decrease of accident risk at dangerous industrial facilities.
Asian committee
05-06-2013
Since MK Engineering Company joined KazService, under its chairmanship the Committee for cooperation with South-East Asia countries was established, which assumes establishing and developing of relations with companies of this region. Taking into account a growing interest to Kazakhstan from South-East Asia countries, the Committee will consider issues on attraction of new partners and innovations from this region, creation of joint ventures and experience exchange.