Astana, 19 March - Neftegaz.RU. Construction on the Saryarka gas pipeline, intended to bring gas to Kazakhstan’s capital and central and northern regions, will be launched in July, Kazakh Minister of Energy Kanat Bozumbayev told in the government meeting.
«We agreed to ensure the development and approval of design estimates and the allocation of land for the gas pipeline construction along the Kyzylorda-Zhezkazgan-Karaganda-Temirtau-Astana route», said Kanat Bozumbayev.
According to the ministry, the gas pipeline will be constructed in 4 stages. In the 1st stage, over the course of a year, a pipeline is to be built along the Kyzylorda-Zhezkazgan-Karaganda-Astana route with a length of 1,081 kilometres.
The project costs $837 million. The 2nd stage of the project will see the pipeline continue from Astana to Kokshetau; the 3rd stage will extend it to Petropavlovsk. The 4th stage envisages the construction of Zhezkazgan and Temirtau compressor stations.
KazTransGas is developing the design and estimate documentation for approval. The gasification roadmap has already been approved.
On March 5, President Nursultan Nazarbayev, as part of his 5 Social Initiatives project intended to improve the lives of citizens, set the task of increasing access to gas by building a gas pipeline from Karaozek in the Kyzylorda region to Astana.
The project implementation will have a socio-economic impact, as it will replace some considerable coal consumption. It is expected to save 36,100 tonnes of pollutant emissions, including sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, nitrogen oxide and solid particles, per year in Astana alone.
Regions taking part in the project should provide the design and construction of gas distribution networks to ensure gas supply to consumers by the time construction on the pipeline is completed in December 2019.
