№ 5 (49), 2011 - KazEnergy

according to analysts and market players,the Association of Energy has acquired itsown weight, meaning and impact of domesticand global scale through its commitmentto provide an interactive platform to representativesof business and government. Atthe same time the efforts of the organizationmanagement to create conditions for fruitfuldiscussions are not limited to the EurasianForum, although it is certainly a kindof a crown of the communication aspirations.Welcome Message from the President of theAssociation Timur Kulibayev to the Forumdelegates provides a comprehensive view ofstrategic and tactical problems to be solvedduring the event."In 2011, the Republic of Kazakhstan celebratesthe 20th anniversary of the stateindependence. Over the years our countryhas established itself as a sovereign authoritativedynamically and steadily developingcountry and a full member of the interna-2006Now analysts' forecasts are fully confirmed bythe reality - the value of the Forum can notbe overestimated, as evidenced by its six-yearhistory. So the first Eurasian Energy Forumof KAZENERGY, held in 2006, marked a newmilestone in the development of fuel-energycomplex. For the first time in an atmosphereof constructive debate an attempt wasmade to define "trouble spots" of growth, tooutline prospects for further development.Then Timur Kulibayev suggested the thesis:Kazenergy Association is ready to act as amoderator between state authorities andenterprises of the energy sector. Later, theforecasts made by the Chairman of theAssociation were brilliantly realized. That year,the future Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, KarimMasimov, lashed out at the violators of theenviron-mental laws and gave the outline of anumber of innovative and legislative programsaimed at maintaining the ecological balance.Further, this line of work was developed in theAssociation activities on development of theEnvironmental Code of the country, which hadbeen laid down strict rules of "zero discharge"and a number of other important points. Thefuture head of government also stated theneed to improve the degree of oil and gasprocessing. "As a part of the petrochemicalcluster in West Kazakhstan, the Republic'sgovernment is able to support thosebusinesses that are ready for more advancedprocessing of raw materials, the developmentof petrochemical industries in the country.Your efforts on joint ventures establishmentwould make an invaluable contribution tothe development of Kazakhstan," - said Mr.Massimov. And this task is implemented byKAZENERGY. The Association has become oneof the initiators of the First Caspian Forum onoil refining and petrochemical developmentand a special conference in Astana. TheAssociation established a special workinggroup that is dedicated to this issue. The wayswere defined to develop relationship betweenindustrialists, know-how scientists, and theKAZENERGY11