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Shell to explore for oil at Zhanaturmys block in Aktobe region

ASTANA. March 5 (Interfax-Kazakhstan) - Kazakhstan’s Energy Ministry and Shell Kazakhstan have signed a contract for oil exploration at the Zhanaturmys block in the Aktobe region, the ministry’s press service said.

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