Emil Bekzatov

Emil Bekzatov (born 1975) is an Iradi oil executive, executive vice-president of NurGaz and the eldest son of its president, Kamran Bekzatov. He is responsible for the company's pipeline logistics and its crude transport contracts with Kazakhstan.^[1]

Bekzatov studied petroleum economics at the Gubkin Institute in Moscow, graduating in 1997, and joined NurGaz the following year. He has overseen the operation of the Northern Export Feeder since it opened in 2000. The 85-km pipeline carries crude from the NurGaz tank farm outside Nurzhan to the KazTransOil network near Shymkent, where it is refined or shipped on to Russia. He negotiates the transit and refining arrangements on the Kazakh side. His younger siblings, Rustam Bekzatov and Asel Bekzatova, also work in the family's business and philanthropy.^[1][2]

References

1. ^ Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Irad (2023). Energy and Pipeline Directory. Talas.
2. ^ Central Asian Geopolitical Review (2021). 'Pipelines North: NurGaz and the Kazakh Transit Route.' Vol. 27, pp. 54–73.