Conferences
Argus Kazakhstan and Central Asia Oil and Gas Markets 2025
Almaty, Kazakhstan
26-27 June 2025
Argus invites you to take part in Argus Kazakhstan and Central Asia Oil and Gas Markets 2025, an international conference at The Ritz-Carlton, Almaty, Kazakhstan from 26-27 June.
The event will bring together key players in crude and oil products, liquefied petroleum gas and petrochemical products, representatives of transportation and logistics companies, and government agencies of Kazakhstan and other FSU countries.
Key topics of discussion for 2025 include:
- Transformations in the crude oil production and oil refining industries of Kazakhstan
- Liberalisation of pricing policy in Kazakhstan’s domestic market. Price regulation and monitoring mechanisms
- Restrictions on oil products exports from Kazakhstan. Prospects for mini-refineries in Kazakhstan
- Transfer pricing practices in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
- Balance of crude oil and oil products consumption in Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan
- Upcoming changes in trading practices in the region's LPG market, and growing demand for LPG in Uzbekistan
- Current state and prospects for the development of the petrochemical industry in central Asia
- Review of key export markets for regional petrochemical producers
- Relevance of alternative logistics routes for crude oil and oil products supplies in the region
- Infrastructure development projects in central Asia and the Caspian region
- Specifics of rail transportation in the region
Speakers for 2025 include
Bolat Akchulakov
Chairman,
«KAZENERGY» Association
Alibek Zhamauov
Vice Minister of Energy,
Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Erlan Zhaukin
Head of Oil Products Marketing Department,
KazMunaiGas
Temirlan Urkumbayev
Director of the Department of Oil and Gas Chemistry Technical Regulation,
Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Nauryzbek Abduokhapov
Chief Expert,
State Revenue Committee, Ministry of Finance, Republic of Kazakhstan
Eldor Niyazov
First Deputy Head of the Interregional Tax Inspectorate for Large Taxpayers,
State Tax Committee under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Rauf Guseynov
Senior Editor of Argus Caspian Market/Argus Caspian Transport publications,
Argus
Rasul Abdukhalilov
General Director,
RV-Oil&Gas
Alexey Grishko
General Manager,
Lukoil UzNefteProduct
Iman Nasseri
Managing Director, Middle East,
FGE
Richard Stephenson
CEO,
FreightFix Shipbrokers
Sergey Agibalov
VP, Consulting Services, CIS,
Argus
Ilham Raimberdiev
Commercial Director,
Alfa Oil
Dias Tusupbekov
Director of the Tariff Policy Department,,
Kazakhstan Temir Zholy
Talgat Arystanbayev
Chairman of the Board,
Gas Motor Association of Kazakhstan
Valentin Kotlomin
Head of Petrochemicals, Consulting, Middle East, Central Asia and Asia Pacific,
Argus
Sergey Gorskiy
Member of the Board,
TEXOL Group
Svetlana Novolodskaya
Head of Division, LPG and Petchem Group,
Argus
Diaz Diyanov
Deputy Chairman of the Board for GR,
KMG PetroChem
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