Two million out of 94 million barrels of oil produced on the planet per year accounted for Kazakhstan, energyprom.kz reported. The United States ranked first in this rating with its 20 percent of global production. The top three also included Saudi Arabia and Russia with their 11 percent per country. The top 10 countries provided 72 percent of the total oil production per day. In Kazakhstan, over 36 million tonnes of crude oil have been obtained since early January, and this figure exceeded expectations. The main volume was in Atyrau region. Mangystau and Aktobe regions ranked the second and third respectively. An increase in the oil production is seen every year. Since the beginning of the year, Kazakhstan has exported 27 million tonnes of crude oil worth US$10.5 billion.
Translation by Saniya Sakenova
Editing by Galiya Khassenkhanova
