Kazakhstan will increase its annual oil production to 104 million tons by 2025, Kazakhstan's Energy Minister Kanat Bozumbayev said on Monday.
This will be achieved through the development of Kazakhstan's energy industry with major oil and gas projects such as Tengiz, Karachaganak and Kashagan, Bozumbayev said.
He also noted that Kazakhstan increased its oil production from 78 million tons of oil to 86.2 million tons after starting oil production from the Karachaganak oil field.
The country produced 30 million tons of oil during January-April period of 2018 - a 6 percent rise compared to same period of 2017, according to Bozumbayev.
The country expects to have 87 million tons of oil production in 2018, he said.
Reporting by Aliia Raimbekova in Astana
Writing by Huseyin Erdogan
Anadolu Agency
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