Industry events
July 4, 2025
From October 2 to 4, 2025, Kazakhstan Energy Week – 2025 / XVI Eurasian Forum KAZENERGY (KEW-2025) will be held in Astana, at the Palace of Independence.
Link: XVI KAZENERGY EURASIAN FORUM
Central Asia Oil and Gas Exhibition (CAOG 2025), one of the largest events in the oil, gas and energy sector of the region, will be held in Aktau from September 24 to 26, 2025.
Link: http://hk.exposdata.com/saas/vis/reg/register_ru?apid=caecg-h5010&f=rep6
On September 6, 2025, the annual PetroMaintenance 2025 forum will be held in Atyrau , organized by PetroCouncil with the support of the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan. PetroMaintenance 2025, организованный PetroCouncil при поддержке Министерства энергетики РК.
The event will bring together national and international companies, service organizations, and experts to discuss key maintenance issues in the oil and gas industry. The program includes plenary and thematic sessions on equipment maintenance, process digitalization, pipeline construction and operation, and best practices for implementing large-scale projects. Participants and speakers include top managers from KazMunayGas, QazaqGaz, TCO, KPO, NCOC, and other leading companies.
Link: https://event.petrocouncil.kz/petromaintenance2025#rec1076325971
On August 29, the Minister of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Erlan Akkenzhenov, introduced the new Vice Minister, Sanzhar Zharkeshov.
Sanzhar Zharkeshov hails from the Karaganda region. He graduated from the T. Ryskulov Kazakh University of Economics and the University of Texas at Austin (USA). He began his career at the Center for Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering in the US, then worked as an engineer and project manager at ExxonMobil, developing and developing fields in Kazakhstan, the US, Iraq, and Russia. He later held leadership and expert positions at the international companies Merlin ERD and McKinsey & Company, where he participated in projects in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. In Kazakhstan, he served as Vice Minister of Ecology, Geology, and Natural Resources, and since 2022, has headed the national company QazaqGaz.
