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[[Image:Нефтегазоносные провинции Казахстана.png|thumb|300px|Oil & gas basins of [[Kazakhstan]]]]

The '''oil & gas basins of Kazakhstan''' can be grouped into four revealed or prospective oil & gas provinces in [[Kazakhstan|the Republic of Kazakhstan]]. Exploration in those provinces in which oil and gas has already been extracted had, by 2010, led to the discovery of more than 200 [[Petroleum|oil]], [[Natural gas field|gas]], oil-and-gas and [[Natural gas condensate|condensate]] hydrocarbon accumulations. Of these, the [[Kashagan Field|Kashagan]], the [[Tengiz Field|Tengiz]] and the [[Karachaganak Field|Karachaganak]] fields can be considered giants.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kazbao.com/en/358-oil-and-gas-industry-in-kazakhstan/|title=Oil and Gas Industry in Kazakhstan|last=|first=|date=|website=kazbao.com|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref>

==Oil & gas basins of Kazakhstan==
Kazakhstan has a share in four oil & gas provinces:

1. The ''[[Pre-Caspian Basin]]'' lies in the western part of the country, behind the [[Mugodzhary]] mountains. The geology of this province is made up of [[Paleozoic]] sediments covering a [[Proterozoic]] basement.
* Southern Emba
* Northern Emba
* Eastern Emba
* Primorsk-Emba
* Northern Pre-Caspian
* Western Pre-Caspian
* Northern Caspian
* Central Pre-Caspian

2. The ''[[Mangistau-Usturt Basin]]'' lies in the Mangistau and [[Aktyubinsk]] areas of Kazakhstan.
* Southern Mangishlak
* Northern Buzashi
* Northern Usturt

3. The ''[[Central Kazakhstan Basin]]'' lies in the eastern and southern areas of Kazakhstan.
* Southern Torgay
* Eastern Aral
* Syr-Darya
* Chu-Sarysu
* Teniz
* Alakol
* Balkash
* Zaysan
* Ily

4. The ''[[Western Siberian Basin]]'' is in the northern and northeastern region of Kazakhstan, north of the Kokshetauskikh mountains. The geology is of a platform type, with a [[Mesozoic]] cover overlying a Paleozoic basement.
* Northern Kazakhstan
* Irtish

The basins are located in six provinces of Kazakhstan: Aktobe, Atyrau, West Kazakhstan, Karaganda, Kyzylorda and Mangystau provinces.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kmgep.kz/eng/about_kazakhstan/oil_and_gas_sector/|title=Oil and gas sector|last=|first=|date=|website=kmgep.kz|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref>

==See also==
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*[[Karachaganak Field]] - a [[Natural gas condensate|natural gas condensate field]] in Kazakhstan     
*[[Kashagan Field]] - an oil field located in Kazakhstan, situated in the northern part of the Caspian Sea
*[[KAZENERGY Eurasian Forum]]
*[[Khvalynskoye gas field]] - a conventional gas condensate field located in the Kazakhstan's sector in the northern part of the Caspian Sea
*[[Kurmangazy oil field]] - an offshore oil field in the Kazakh section of Caspian Sea.
*[[Tengiz Field]] - an [[oil and gas field]] located in northwestern Kazakhstan's low-lying [[wetland]]s along the northeast shores of the Caspian Sea

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.oxfordenergy.org/wpcms/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/NG25-KazakhstansgasExportMarketsandExportRoutes-ShamilYenikeyeff-2008.pdf Kazakhstan's Gas: Export Markets and Export Routes], by Shamil Yenikeyeff, [[Oxford Institute for Energy Studies]], November 2008

[[Category:Geology of Kazakhstan]]
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