Development of amangeldy gas field begins

/IRBIS, Apr 16, 01/ - According to GSRW, the program for the development of the Amangeldy gas field in the Zhambyl region started on 13th April. KazTransGas vice president Karabalin said this year the company is planning to continue exploration drilling to verify the amount of gas in the field. The programme has been scheduled so that the equipment will be ordered by end of this year, and activity for 2002 will be focused on field development and the laying of the gas pipeline to the main pipeline, which goes from Taraz to Almaty via Shymkent. Mr. Ibragimov, Deputy Director of KazTransGas's Zhambyl branch, announced that the company has created a division to co-ordinate the project for development of the Amangeldy gas field; the division will work with the Zhambyl branch. The final decision on whether or not to develop the field and construct a pipeline may be made later this year, depending on exploration results.