/IRBIS, Oct 4, 01/ - CNA informs that the participants of the 1st international conference "Design, construction and repair of oil and oil products reservoirs" believe that oil reserves of Kazakhstan are in critical condition.

It is said that 70% of the reservoirs have passed their life, though these are only those reservoirs that belong to Kazakhstani companies and foreign companies in oil sector have reservoirs meeting the international standards.