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
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