page_title: Energy policy of Kazakhstan
hierarchical_section_title: Energy policy of Kazakhstan
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Вид с моста (трасса Караганда-Темиртау) на шахту «Кировская»
context_page_description: Kazakhstan owns large reserves of energy resources, and therefore the energy policy of Kazakhstan has influence over the world's overall energy supply. Although Kazakhstan has not described itself as an energy superpower, Kazakhstan's former president Nursultan Nazarbayev has claimed Kazakhstan will become a factor of energy security in Asia and Europe. Kazakhstan has a strategic geographical location to control oil and gas flows from Central Asia to East and West.
  Kazakhstan was a partner country of the EU INOGATE energy programme, which had four key topics: enhancing energy security,
  convergence of member state energy markets on the basis of EU internal energy market principles,
  supporting sustainable energy development, and attracting investment for energy projects of common and regional interest.
  On January 1, 2013, Kazakhstan became the first country in Central Asia to launch an economy-wide carbon emissions system to cap emissions from its biggest emitters in the energy, coal, oil and gas extraction sectors.
context_section_description: Kazakhstan owns large reserves of energy resources, and therefore  the energy policy of Kazakhstan has influence over the world's overall energy supply. Although Kazakhstan has not described itself as an energy superpower, Kazakhstan's former president Nursultan Nazarbayev has claimed Kazakhstan will become a factor of energy security in Asia and Europe. Kazakhstan has a strategic geographical location to control oil and gas flows from Central Asia to East (China) and West (Russia, EU, global market).
  Kazakhstan was a partner country of the EU INOGATE energy programme, which had four key topics: enhancing energy security,
  convergence of member state energy markets on the basis of EU internal energy market principles,
  supporting sustainable energy development, and attracting investment for energy projects of common and regional interest.
  On January 1, 2013, Kazakhstan became the first country in Central Asia to launch an economy-wide carbon emissions system to cap emissions from its biggest emitters in the energy, coal, oil and gas extraction sectors.
caption: View from the bridge at the Kirovskaya mine in Kazakhstan
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