CONTRACTContract for the Exploration of Hydrocarbons • December 4th, 2008
This Contract for the Exploration of Hydrocarbons at Severny Block within the following blocks: XXI-21-F (partially); XXI-22-D (partially), E (partially), F (partially); XXI-23-B, C, D, E, F (partially); XXII-21-B (partially), C (partially), E (partially), F (partially); XXII-22-A (partially), B (partially), C (partially), D (partially), E (partially), F (partially); XXII-23-A (partially), B (partially), C (partially), D (partially), E (partially), all located within the area of Aktyubinskaya Oblast of the Republic of Kazakhstan, was executed on 29 December 2002 by and between the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan acting as the Competent Authority duly authorised on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan (hereinafter, the “Competent Authority”) and the Closed Joint Stock Company Aral Petroleum Capital (hereinafter, the “Contractor”), pursuant to Minutes No. 8 of the Meeting of the Commission on Conducting of Tenders on Investment Pro
