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The Times of India (India), January 26, 2009, NTPC TO SET UP PLANTS IN KAZAKHSTAN
India's first footstep in Kazakhstan's oil industry is likely to lead the country into taking a big leap in the power sector too. In a recognition of Indian expertise, Central Asia's biggest economy has invited state-owned NTPC to look at setting up new power plants and renovate existing ones in that country.
Kazakhstan president Nursultan Nazarbayev, who is here as the R-Day guest, on Saturday invited India's biggest generation utility to send a delegation to initiate groundwork for such a venture. Briefing Nazarbayev, top NTPC executives mooted the idea of getting coal from Kazakhstan's vast reserves in exchange for its plants in India.
The NTPC executives were part of an energy delegation that called on Nazarbayev on Saturday evening after Kazakh national oil firm Kazmunaigas signed a heads of agreement assigning 25% stake in the highly prospective Caspian acreage of Satpayev to ONGC-Mittal Energy Ltd, steel tycoon Laxmi Mittal's joint venture with the overseas investment arm of flagship explorer ONGC. The Indian firm will have the option of raising the stake by 10% once oil is discovered.
"Our minister (Murli Deora) assured the president (Nazarbayev) that India will send a delegation of executives from public sector power companies to Kazakhstan to study the opportunities for working jointly," petroleum secretary R S Pandey told TOI after the talks with Nazarbayev.
Admittedly, its still early days and the power and external affairs ministries will have to vet the proposal before a delegation sets foot in Kazakhstan. But the direction of Saturday's talks points to the vast scope for Indian power utilities, including transmission monopoly PowerGrid, in setting up new projects and renovating existing ones as well as implementing pollution control measures.
The Times of India (India), January 25, 2009, INDIA TO GET 10% MORE IN KAZAKH FIELD
Foreign minister Pranab Mukherjee, who piloted Saturday's government-level talks with visiting Kazakhstan president Nursultan Nazarbayev, persuaded the leader of Central Asia's biggest economy to keep open the option for India to raise its stake in one of the most attractive acreages in the Caspian region after discovering oil.
As reported first by TOI, Kazakhstan's national oil firm Kazmunaigas signed a head of agreement for giving a 25% stake in the Satpayev concession to ONGC-Mittal Energy Ltd (OMEL), steel tycoon Laxmi Mittal's joint venture with flagship explorer ONGC's overseas investment arm. The Indian firm will be allowed to raise its stake by another 10% once oil is struck.
Mukherjee also persuaded the Kazakh leadership to convert the agreement into a production sharing contract before the Kazakhstan's harsh sub-soil law comes into force in 4-5 months. The new law will bar foreign firms from taking equity in oilfields and mines and only allow service contracts.
Besides these two points, Kazmunaigas had its way for other key terms. The heads of agreement was signed after the Indian side agreed to pay $80 million as an upfront signing amount as was demanded by Kazmunaigas. OMEL was initially willing to give around $40-60 million but finally relented as Kazmunaigas stuck to its guns. Kazmunaigas also had its way over the operatorship and will be in charge of operations. OMEL had initially opposed this.
The 1,582 sq km Satpayev acreage is situated in the Pre-Caspian basin of Kazakhstan and estimated to hold 1.75 billion barrels of reserves. It lies in close proximity to major fields like Karazhanbas, Kalamkas, Kashagan and Donga, where significant quantum of oil has been discovered. The agreement was signed by ONGC Videsh managing director R S Butola on behalf of OMEL and Kazmunaigas president Kairgeldi Kabyldin.
The Times of India (India), January 25, 2009, INDIA SIGNS PACT WITH KAZAKHSTAN FOR URANIUM SUPPLY
India on Saturday signed a civil nuclear pact with Kazakhstan under which the uranium-rich Central Asian country will supply much-needed fuel to atomic plants in the country.
India also signed four other pacts, including an Extradition Treaty, in the presence of President Pratibha Patil and her Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev.
Patil oversaw the proceedings of inking of the four pacts as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was indisposed.
Kazakhstan will provide uranium and related products under the Memorandum of Understanding between Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) and KazAtomProm. The MoU was signed by NPCIL CMD S K Jain and KazAtomProm President Moukhtar Dzhakishev.
The MoU also opens up possibilities of joint exploration of uranium in Kazakhstan, which has the world's second largest uranium reserves, and India building atomic power plants in the Central Asian country.
"These agreements are very important for the stature of our bilateral relations," Nazarbayev told reporters in the capital.
External affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee, who led the delegation level talks in absence of Singh, inked the Extradition Treaty with his Kazakh counterpart Marat Tazhin.
Minister of state of commerce Jairam Ramesh and Kazakh minister of trade and industry Vladimir Shkolnik signed the protocol on the accession of Kazakhstan to the World Trade Organisation.
An MoU was signed between ISRO and Kazakh Space Agency for space cooperation. ONGC Mittal Energy Limited also signed and agreement with state-run KazMunaiGas.