Kazakhstan
Population (World Bank): 19,002,586 (2021)
Metal/Ore Exports (% of Total Merchandise Exports, World Bank): 18.5% (2020)
Petroleum Production (Million barrels per day, EIA): 1,867 Mb/d (2021)
Human Development Index (World Rank, UNDP): 51
2021 Resource Governance Index Score (NRGI): Not Available
EITI Status: Meaningful Progress
Link to key economic information (Atlas of Economic Complexity)
Policy documents that include local content relevant provisions:
Law on State Regulation of Manufacturing and Turnover of Specific Types of Oil Products, 2011
Decree 964/2010
Decree 364/2009
Local Content Relevant News:
July 2024 – Kazakhstan’s Economic Shift: From Oil to Industry
February 2024 – Kazakh PM urges Chevron to prioritize local suppliers for project development
April 2023 – Why are oil workers protesting in Kazakhstan?
April 2022 – Kazakhstan to implement nearly 700 investment projects to boost import substitution
December 2021 – Chevron direct investment fund in Kazakhstan
August 2021 – KPO held local content forum on KEP-1 A project
August 2021 – Helping local businesses
July 2021 – EBRD and TCO program: expert assistance and financial support for SMEs
June 2021 – Oil and gas regulations in practice: a lawyer’s review
August 2021 – Helping Local Businesses
Analysis and Case Studies:
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (2020) – Local Content: Kazakhstan – Mining & Petroleum
Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals, and Sustainable Development (2018) – Local Content Guidance Case Study Kazakhstan: Downstream Linkages
De Haas and Poelhekke (2016) – Mining Matters: Natural Resource Extraction and Local Business Constraints. De Nederlandsche Bank Working Paper No. 533 (Paywall)
Kalyuzhnova et al. (2016) – Local Content Policies in Resource-Rich Countries (Paywall)
Ngoasong (2014) – How international oil and gas companies respond to local content policies in petroleum-producing developing countries: A narrative enquiry (Paywall)
Shaikenov & Cioni (2005) – Changes in Kazakhstan’s Local Content Rules for Oil Operations
Relevant Initiatives:
Supplier Development Project in Kazakhstan (SDPK), World Bank (Ongoing)
Advisory for Small Business Programme, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, in cooperation with Tengizchevroil (2015-Ongoing)