Kazakhstan Increases Oil Refining to 8.8 Million Tons in January-June 2025

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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News

Almaty, July 24 (Xinhua) — Three leading oil refineries in Kazakhstan increased oil refining to 8.83 million tons in the first six months of 2025, which is 685 thousand tons more than in the same period of 2024, the press service of Kazakhstan's oil and gas company KazMunayGas (KMG) reported on Thursday.

According to KMG, during the reporting period, about 6.84 million tons of light oil products were produced, including gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel, which is 893 thousand tons /4.44 percent/ higher than last year's figure.

The total refining depth at the three refineries reached 89.61 percent, and the yield of light oil products was 77.53 percent. At the same time, the combustion of process fuel and the volume of irrecoverable losses were reduced by 0.78 percent, or 7,333 tons.

The modernization of the Caspi Bitum refinery was also completed in the first half of the year. The plant's capacity now allows it to process up to 1.5 million tons of oil and produce 750 thousand tons of bitumen per year. In the two months since its launch after modernization, the plant has processed over 216 thousand tons of oil and produced more than 78 thousand tons of bitumen. –0–

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