As of December 1, 2017, the total amount of disbursed investments since the beginning of operation of the special economic zone "National Industrial Petrochemical Technopark" (hereinafter - the SEZ "NIPT") amounted to 185.7 billion tenge, 6.7 billion tenge of which in 2017. 1244 jobs were created, including 794 in 2017 (for the construction period - 739). The volume of tax deductions was 20 billion tenge, 940 million tenge of which in 2017.

In order to attract investment by the state, such state support measures as financing the construction of SEZ infrastructure are provided, projects are provided with raw materials on a long-term basis, there are tax and customs privileges, direct application of international norms is allowed during design and construction, and the procedure for attracting foreign labor is simplified.

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The SEZ "NIPT" was established by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 19, 2007 № 495 for the period until December 31, 2032.

Currently, two large projects are being implemented on the territory of the SEZ "NIPT": the construction of a gas turbine power plant (hereinafter - "GTES") with a capacity of 310 MW (Karabatan Utility Solutions LLP) and the production of polypropylene with the capacity of 500 thousand tons / year (KPI Inc. LLP); a project for the production of polymer products (Polymer Production LLP) has been implemented.

Under the GTES project, the main technological equipment was installed (4 gas turbine units with a capacity of 50 MW, 4 steam turbine units with a capacity of 55 MW, 4 heat recovery boilers), and construction works are underway. Since the beginning of the project, the number of jobs created is 831 people.

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As of December 1, 2017, the readiness of the infrastructure of the 1^st stage on SEZ is 31.5%.

The following infrastructure facilities were built: Zavodskaya railway station, access railway (15.6 km), extension of Karabatan railway station, flyover with alternative highway, access road (5.3 km) and power line.

The polymer production plant, commissioned in late 2015, produced a bi-axially oriented polypropylene film, a three-layer polyethylene film and polypropylene bags for a total amount of 1.8 billion tenge in 2017. The number of personnel is 296 people.

The project for the production of polypropylene went into the active phase, in particular, the project team of the general contractor was mobilized and detailed engineering was started. Work is underway to determine the list of long lead time equipment for the implementation of the order. In the second half of 2018 it is planned to start construction work.

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The project applicant is KPI Inc. LLP (Participant of KPI Inc. LLP is United Chemical Company (100% subsidiary of Samruk-Kazyna JSC).

The cost of the project for the production of polypropylene is $ 2.6 billion.

Number of jobs: for the construction period - 3000 people, operation - 500 people.

In addition, the possibility of implementing projects for the further processing of paraxylene in polyethylenterephtalate (with a capacity of 430 thousand tons / year) and benzene in cyclohexane (capacity of 150 thousand tons / year) is being studied.

 The project of production of polyethylenterephtalate received a positive conclusion of the state expertise on the feasibility study of the project; a strategic partner is being searched for.

A feasibility study is being carried out for the cyclohexane production project.

Thus, the implementation of the above projects on deep processing of hydrocarbon raw materials on the territory of the SEZ "NIPT" is the basis for the creation of an oil and gas chemical cluster.

In turn, cluster interaction will create new production by lengthening the chains of added values.

As it is known, the development of the oil and gas chemical industry is multiply reflected in other sectors of the economy.

Every dollar invested in oil and gas chemistry gives 2-3 dollars of growth and each new workplace in the industry contributes to the creation of up to 7 new jobs in the economy.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/cerc/press/news/details/29371?lang=kk