Astana, 2 November. Kazakhstan’s output of oil and gas condensate rose in October 2026 to 8.56 million tonnes (2.08 million barrels a day) from 7.66 million tonnes (1.93 million barrels a day) in September after repairs at Karachaganak were completed, a source familiar with operational statistics told Reuters, The Moscow Times reports.
The Energy Ministry confirmed October oil output of 8.5 million tonnes on preliminary data, without naming the Karachaganak volume, and explained the rise by most of the repairs having fallen in September. The scheduled repair at the field, the ministry said, ran from 7 September to 1 October. According to Reuters’ source, output at Karachaganak rose fivefold: to 810,700 tonnes (205,500 barrels a day) from 160,000 tonnes (42,000 barrels a day). The KPO consortium’s press service did not respond promptly to Reuters’ requests.
The year-to-date background is this. In nine months the country produced 69.4 million tonnes of oil, 8.3% less than a year earlier, and total losses were cut from 5.9 to 1.9 million tonnes, Deputy Energy Minister Yerlan Akbarov said; the plan for the year is 96 million tonnes. By Reuters’ estimate, in ten months output of oil and gas condensate fell to almost 78 million tonnes from 83.6 million a year earlier.
For OPEC+ the figures differ: Karachaganak is treated as gas condensate there and is not included in the oil estimate. Kazakhstan’s quota is 1.628 million barrels a day, while October oil output excluding condensate, by the agency’s calculation, was about 1.88 million.
What it means: The 8% monthly rise is explained by repairs, not new capacity: repairs at Karachaganak ended on 1 October and its contribution returned. Over ten months output is still below last year’s, and the gap with the OPEC+ quota remains.
Background: Seven OPEC+ countries kept the December quota, 1.628 million barrels a day, on 1 November.
We have also reported that OPEC+ kept Kazakhstan’s December quota.
