Westminster International College
Module Title: Research Skills
Programme: BABS
Semester: Three
Academic Year Period: June 2012 –September 2012
Lecturer: Dr. Kui Juan Tiang
Date Given and Available on the Student Portal: 6 July 2012
Date of Presentation: Week Beginning 6 August 2012
Date of Completion and Submission: 15 August 2012
Submission Method: Online via Turn It In with one hard copy to the Examinations Department
Assessment Type: An individual presentation and type-written assignment
Student: Aliaskar Batyrbek
Student ID: NE/WICKL/UWIC/BABS/1011/0117
Assignment Topic: An investigation study of development of oil and gas industry in Kazakhstan

Table of Contents 2 Introduction 4 2.1 Country Profile 4 2.2 History of industry 4 3 Research Objectives 5 4 Literature Review 6 4.1 Geographic Factor 6 4.1.1 Major Oilfields 8 4.1.2 Export Operating Pipelines 9 4.2 Government Policies 11 4.3 Financial Factor and R&D Factor 12 4.4 Market Prospects 14 4.4.1 Market players 14 4.4.2 Production 15 4.4.3 Consumption 16 5 Research Methodology 18 6 Time Scale / Gantt Chart 19 7 References 20

Figure 1 4 Figure 2 (KMG, 2012) 5 Figure 3 (BP, 2012) 5 Figure 4 (European Dialogue, 2012) 6 Figure 5 (BP, 2012) 6 Figure 6 (CIA, 2012) 8 Figure 7 (Centre for Global Energy Studies, 2012) 9 Figure 8 (Centre for Global Energy Studies, 2012) 9 Figure 9 (The Agency of Statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 2012) 10 Figure 10 (S. Arkhipov., W. Brennan., G. Elfond., N. Lv., A. Omarova., 2010) 12 Figure 11 (BP, 2012) 14 Figure 12 (BP, 2012) 14 Figure 13 (BP, 2012) 15 Figure 14 (BP, 2012) 15 Figure 15 (EIA, 2012) 15 Figure 16 17 Figure 17 18

Introduction
Country Profile
Kazakhstan is a country, located in Central Asia. It is the largest landlocked