24 may
Over $7.5 billion was paid to the budget by major oil operators in Kazakhstan last year. In total, direct payments to the state budget from the activities of the three major oil operators in 2021 amounted to more than $7.5 billion. Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Alikhan Smailov said this in response to a deputy's request operatory-nefti-v-rk-v-proshlom-godu_a3935300" title="MIA Kazinform." target="_self">MIA Kazinform.
In particular, Tengizchevroil paid $4.5 billion to the country's budget. The republic received $2.6 billion from the Karachaganak project, of which $1.98 billion went to the National Fund in the form of profit oil and $0.65 billion to the budget (local and republican) in the form of taxes. The republic received $0.4 billion from the North Caspian project, of which $274 million was in the form of a priority payment, $170 million was in the form of profit oil.
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