Covid19 Rules for Foreign Travellers Arriving to Kazakhstan:

• Passengers arriving to Kazakhstan from foreign countries should have a negative PCR test certificate (no more than 3 days should pass from the day the result is issued till the moment of crossing the border of the Republic of Kazakhstan).
• In the absence of a negative PCR test certificate, passengers, including citizens of Kazakhstan and persons holding residence permits in the Republic of Kazakhstan, will not be allowed on board from the airport of departure.
• Persons who have received a full course of vaccination against COVID-19 in the Republic of Kazakhstan upon providing a documentary confirmation, do not need to present a negative PCR test certificate. 
• Children under 5 years old do not need to take the test.

BKS Webinar Series: Kazakhstan at 30

'Nuclear Disarmament in Kazakhstan - The Political Process'

Wednesday 29th September 2021

11:00 - 12:00 BST

This year Kazakhstan celebrates not only its 30 years of independence but also the 30 years anniversary of the historic date of closure of the Semipalatinsk Nuclear test site. This webinar will focus on the political process of Nuclear Disarmament in Kazakhstan discussing why and how certain world-changing decisions were made including the obstacles on the way to making those decisions. You can also watch a previous webinar during which the British-Kazakh Society and Nevada-Semipalatinsk Anti-Nuclear Movement presented an interview with Mr. Olzhas Suleimenov, the Founder of the Movement which you can find on our website under the section 'Recent Events'. 

We will be joined by the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the UK HE Erlan Idrissov who was actively involved in the process of Nuclear Disarmament in Kazakhstan and Peter Jenkins CMG who was the British Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency and UN organisations at Vienna after serving as UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN and World Trade Organisation in Geneva. His nuclear non-proliferation work in Vienna involved him in negotiations on the nuclear activities of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Discussion between the speakers will be followed by a live Q&A session where you will have an opportunity to communicate directly with the speakers. 

There will also be available a simultaneous language interpretation to the Russian language.

Recent BKS Webinars:

News About Kazakhstan / UK:

Kazakhstan:

On 22 September, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met with EBRD President Odile Renauld-Basso. EBRD invested over GBP 6.5 billion into the country (click here).

On 27 September, Minister of Health Alexei Tsoy reported that Kazakhstan would receive the Pfizer vaccine in the fourth quarter of 2021 (click here).

According to official statistics, as of 27 September, 878,990 people have been infected with Covid-19 in Kazakhstan. 812,883 people recovered and 11,065 died.  

United Kingdom:

Oil and Gas: OPRED Communications (click here).

The UK at pre-COP in Milan (click here).

Following recent supply chain issues at petrol forecourts in some areas of the UK the Business Secretary has met with senior executives from the fuel industry (click here).

According to the official statistics, as of 27 September, 7,701,715 people have been infected with COVID19 in the UK, 6,219,111 people recovered and 136,208 died.  

BKS Welcomes the Following New Members:

Trafalgar Square Capital

Trafalgar Square Capital are traders in crude oil, natural gas, and petroleum products from various refineries and producers around the world. We supply to Sovereign nations such as India and China, as well as large multinational companies.

We are always looking to diversify our risk by increasing the quality and the quantity of our suppliers to our clients, as well as seeking to explore new markets for our commodities. 

Dr Anshul Gupta

News/Updates From Our Members

Oilfield Production Consultants (OPC)

OPC can recently completed a Carbon Capture and Storage Commercialisation Study. A leading independent oil and gas operator requested OPC to investigate assess gas reservoirs for the application of Carbon Capture and Storage. OPC performed modelling of the client’s assets to understand the practical CO2 storage capacity and appraised the geomechanics of the reservoir. 

OPC performed an assessment of the facilities to develop an understanding of the capital and operating expenditure of storing CO2 and provided commentary on the economics of Carbon Capture and Storage. This enabled us to outline to the client the cost of injecting and storing one tonne of CO2 under a number of scenarios. Adding to this, OPC provided commentary describing the commercial and regulatory environment of Carbon Capture and Storage to put costs into context. 

Reach out to the OPC team in Kazkahstan or London to discuss Carbon Capture and Storage as well as other Energy Transition and Oil and Gas related projects and studies.

London@opc.co.uk     astana@opc.kz

We would be glad to receive any feedback. Any suggestions and contributions with news of Kazakhstan and British-Kazakh relations are welcome.

Yours sincerely,

BKS Team