Kazakhstan to export 1Mln barrels of oil a day in 2005 – expert

WASHINGTON. May 15 (Interfax-Kazakhstan) – Oil production is one of the leading sectors of Kazakhstan’s economy, and exports are projecting exports of 1 million barrels per day in 2005, said Kazakh presidential international and economic affairs advisor Karim Masimov.

He quoted this figure in Washington during a working visit to the U.S., an Interfax corespondent reported.

“By 2010, we expect oil exports to increase to 2 million, and by 2015 to 3 million barrels per day,” Masimov said at the Carnegie Foundation and Nixon Center in Washington.

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