Kazakhstan

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Kazakhstan, an oil producer since 1911, has the second largest oil reserves as well as the second largest oil production among the former Soviet republics after Russia.
Kazakhstan's current production is dominated by two giant fields: Tengiz and Karachaganak, which produce about half of Kazakhstan's total output.
Most of Kazakhstan's natural gas reserves comprise associated gas and are located in just four fields: Karachaganak, Tengiz, Imashevskoye, and Kashagan.

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Petroleum (Thousand Barrels per Day)			2011				2012
		30 Year History	Kazakhstan	Eurasia	World	Rank	Kazakhstan
Total Oil Production	Production of crude oil (including lease condensate), natural gas plant liquids, and other liquids, and refinery processing gain (loss). Negative value indicates refinery processing loss.	Total Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	1,640.21	13,315	87,093	17
Crude Oil Production	Includes lease condensate.	Crude Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	1,552.94	12,649	74,080	16
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum products and direct combustion of crude oil.	Petroleum Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	263.00	4,280	87,421	46	^F
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Total Oil Production – Consumption. Negative numbers are Net Imports.	Petroleum Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	1,377.21	9,035	--	150	NA
Total Oil Exports to U.S.	Total crude oil and petroleum products.	Total Oil Exports to U.S. Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	NA			NA	NA
Refinery Capacity	Crude oil distillation capacity as of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Petroleum Refinery Capacity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	345	8,209	88,097	44	345
Proved Reserves(Billion Barrels)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Petroleum Proved Reserves Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	30.00	99	NA	11	30.00
Natural Gas (Billion Cubic Feet)			2010				2011
		29 Year History	Kazakhstan	Eurasia	World	Rank	Kazakhstan
Production	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	307	26,227	111,346	42	NA
Consumption	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	303	21,005	112,864	49	NA
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports - Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Note: Data range begins with the year 1990.	Natural Gas Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	4	5,852	--	65	NA
Proved Reserves (Trillion Cubic Feet)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Natural Gas Proved Reserves Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	85	2,165	NA	14	85
Coal (Million Short Tons)			2009				2010
			Kazakhstan	Eurasia	World	Rank	Kazakhstan
Production	Production of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale).	Coal Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	111.173	498	7,546	10	122.135
Consumption	Consumption of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale) and net imports of metallurgical coke.	Coal Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	79.124	374	7,318	12	86.862
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports – Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Includes primary coal and metallurgical coke.	Coal Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	32.075	121	--	103	35.273
Electricity (Billion Kilowatthours)			2009				2010
			Kazakhstan	Eurasia	World	Rank	Kazakhstan
Net Generation	Conventional thermal electricity, hydroelectric power, nuclear electric power, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power generation.	Electricity Net Generation Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	74.33	1,359	19,071	37	78.09
Net Consumption	Net generation+electricty imports-electricity exports-electricity distribution losses.	Electricity Net Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	67.19	1,181	17,360	37	72.61
Installed Capacity (GWe)	One billion watts or one thousand megawatts of electric capacity, as of January 1.	Electricity Installed Capacity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	18.73	353	4,843	36	18.73
Total Primary Energy (Quadrillion Btu)			2008				2009
			Kazakhstan	Eurasia	World	Rank	Kazakhstan
Production	Production of petroleum (crude oil and natural gas plant liquids), dry natural gas, and coal, and net generation of hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power.	Total Primary Energy Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	5.542	70	489	20	5.562
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum, dry natural gas, and coal, and net hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electricity. Also includes net electricty imports.	Total Primary Energy Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	2.365	45	491	34	2.207
Energy Intensity (Btu per 2005 U.S. Dollars)	Consumption per dollar of gross domestic product using purchasing power parities.	Total Primary Energy Intensity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	14,428	14,875	7,454	18	13,305
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Million Metric Tons of CO₂)			2009				2010
			Kazakhstan	Eurasia	World	Rank	Kazakhstan
Total from Consumption of Fossil Fuels	Emissions from the consumption of petroleum, natural gas, and coal and the flaring of natural gas.	CO2 from Consumption of Fossil Fuels Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	171.83	2,224	29,778	29	184.47