On 10 July, 2019 as part of the intergovernmental agreement on principles of trade, economical, scientific and cultural collaboration a meeting between Chairman of the Management Board, Samruk-Kazyna JSC, Akhmetzhan Yessimov and Alik Aidarbayev and President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov was held where the parties expressed their desire to initiate a new phase of cooperation in the oil and gas industry.
The issues discussed included the potential for cooperation between the enterprises of the Republic of Tatarstan and KMG in geological survey, gas and petrochemistry, technical cooperation and digitization.
On the same day, NC KazMunayGas and Tatneft PJSC signed a Memorandum of Understanding. The document outlines the expected areas of cooperation in the geological survey and joint geological survey in Kazakhstan and Russia, the introduction of new oil production technologies and experience exchange in the digitization of production.
The parties emphasized that meeting in Kazan is not only a platform to discuss the contemporary challenges in the oil and gas industry but also an excellent opportunity to find new mutually advantageous points of cooperation.