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Article: KAZAKHSTAN - The Atyrau Refinery.
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- APS Review Downstream Trends
- Article date:
- July 28, 2008
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On Dec. 29, 2004, KMG EP got a controlling 50% equity in the 104,427 b/d Atyrau refinery and its petrochemicals producing units, including its polypropylene plant and the Aktau plastics plant. The company then said: "These enterprises are considered as a platform for creation of petrochemical technology parks".
The company then said KMG EP, together with the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and KMG Holding, were taking part in the development of "a special economic zone" (SEZ) and a "National industrial petrochemical technology park in Atyrau Oblast". On Dec. 29, 2004 shares of KMG EP were included in a listing of "A" at the Kazakhstan stock exchange.
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