India, Kazakhstan signed pact for 25 % stake in Kazakhstan's Satpayev oil block
Almaty. April 18. Kazakhstan Today - India and Kazakhstan signed agreements, including one for acquisition of 25 per cent stake in Satpayev exploration block in the Caspian Sea, Kazakhstan Today reports.
Kazakhstan and India singed an agreement on Saturday to hand over a 25 percent stake in the Satpayev project to ONGC Videsh Limited, Eurasia Press reported.
The Indian side will make an initial payment of $80 million for the asset, while the main payments will be made in the future depending on the results of exploration, Kazakhtan Oil Minister Sauat Minbayev told journalists after the signing ceremony Saturday.
According to Mynbayev, "Plusses for KMG include the Indian side, which will get 25 percent of the project, financing all of the exploration
The minister clarified that the volume of the investment was still being finalised. "Whatever the investment programme is, it will be financed by the India side", he said.
The Satpayev block is in the North Caspian, 90 kilometres from the shore.
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