RFERL: Kazakhstan To Tap Shale-Gas Potential

At a government session on March 13, Kazakhstan's Prime Minister Karim Masimov ordered geological exploration to seek deposits of shale gas in the country as soon as possible. 

Kazakhstan's Minister of Industry and New Technologies Aset Isekeshev told the session his ministry was already considering use of shale gas as an energy supply for the country.

Isekeshev noted that shale gas "is a promising innovation that is developing in the U.S." and added that Kazakhstan would "study these technologies to see what effect they can have on the development of the Kazakh energy industry."  MORE