In the Patriciu Eurasia Center issue brief “Kazakhstan’s Energy Sector Since Independence: Two Decades of Growth and Challenges Ahead?” Katherine Hardin, senior director for Russian and Caspian Energy Research at IHS CERA, looks at the key stages in Kazakhstan’s emergence as a major energy producer while analyzing the challenges ahead as oil and gas production increases.

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This issue brief is published in advance of the Atlantic Council conference “Twenty Years of Kazakhstan Independence and US-Kazakhstan Relations” on January 31. Patriciu Eurasia Center issue briefs associated with the conference: 

• Kazakhstan’s Energy Sector Since Independence
• Kazakhstan and the United States: Twenty Years of Ambiguous Partnership
• The Path Towards Kazakhstan’s Nuclear Non-Proliferation Policy: Convergence of US-Kazakh Interests