Business magazine «Neftegaz.RU»

Kazakhstan's recoverable oil reserves are estimated at 4.1 billion tons while projections of gas condensate reserves are at 300 million tons respectively. Meanwhile, hydrocarbon reserves may double thanks to explorations of the deep horizons of the Caspian Lowland. It is hardly surprising, that the oil and gas industry is the economic leader of the republic. What are the some of the major challenges faced by the industry and how are they being resolved at a state level? Where will crude oil be sourced after the depletion of the primary reserves of the republic? What privileges have the authorities prepared to grant and who will develop HTRR? The First Deputy Minister of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Murat Zhurebekov answers these questions.

The following article analyzes the potentials of countries involved in the oil and gas sector. Estimates have been made of oil and gas reserves and production levels in different countries. Changes in the global energy balance have been considered, as well as, the role of hydrocarbons in the worlds energy sector in the future. The prospects of Russia have been assessed in the oil and gas sector.

One of the main national priorities is the development of remote northern regions and the Far East. In this regard, factories are increasingly being built, lines are being laid, deposits are being developed in areas located above the fortieth parallel. For the development of  industry in these regions with such a special climate and geography, very specialized materials and equipment are required. What developments do domestic plants offer?

There are many publications, guidance materials and recommendations on development, maintenance and improvement of a quality management system (qms) aimed at making it suitable, relevant to the organization’s business management system and customer oriented. However, the basic requirements of quality management standards are just a vector for building a system that allows businesses to apply the requirements of the management standard, adapting them to the certain conditions in which the business is developing, taking into consideration the context affecting it, particularly the existing culture, geographical location, market segments, macro- and micro-economic trends, etc. therefore, as there are no two identical companies in the world, so there are no two identical qmss. It is impossible to use a single template for the whole world. therefore, it is an everlasting, debatable and relevant topic: building and, most importantly, ensuring suitability, relevance and effectiveness of the quality management system and linking it with the strategic direction of the organization. the article discusses a practical example of building a process-based model of the corporate quality management system in a company with a holding management structure. Special emphasis is put on the impact of the context in determining the approaches to the process-based model management, to the planning of the list of the qms processes depending on the level of management and to the building of a landscape of the processes while solving a parallel task of maintaining the uniform certification.

Russia has entered the new century as a world leader in oil and gas reserves. However, after the collapse of the “nineties”, the industry lost many of the competencies accumulated during the Soviet period, and Russian companies were “catching up”. The new era almost did not give time for a quiet development. On the one hand - unforeseen technological opportunities, on the other - changing market conditions, stiff global competition, and essentially, the reduction of hydrocarbon resources. The cumbersome and - as is considered - conservative industry must adapt to new conditions.