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Kazgiproneftetrans (KGNT)

EPC / Engineering · Service companyAlmatykgnt.kz
VerifiedKazakhstan companyDesign institutesEPC / EngineeringEnvironmental Services

What they do

Private engineering company in Almaty — a multi-sector design institute; it has been part of the private group of the Kazakh Institute of Oil and Gas JSC (KING) since 2017 and, according to KING's audited consolidated statements, is wholly owned by it. According to the company, it traces its history to 1974, to a special design bureau under Kazglavneftesnab, and from 1986 was the KazGiproNefteTrans state design institute; the present LLP was registered on 7 September 2004.

It designs refining, petrochemical and chemical facilities and heat and power facilities and prepares environmental design documentation; according to the company, it also designs trunk oil and gas pipelines, field facilities, terminals and tank farms.

State registers show it as general designer of the hydrogen production unit at the Pavlodar Petrochemical Plant site (2025) and as compiler of the environmental documentation for the second line of the Beineu–Bozoi–Shymkent gas pipeline (2026); together with Fluor, WorleyParsons and KING it founded the KPJV joint venture, the general contractor of the Tengiz Future Growth Project. According to the company, it has 500 employees.

Key competencies

  • Refining, petrochemicals and chemical plants
  • Trunk pipelines and stations (according to the company)
  • Participation in joint ventures and consortia with international engineering companies (KPJV, Worley)
  • Environmental documentation for linear and industrial facilities
  • Category I design licence GSL No. 007057 of 26 September 2001 — as stated by the organisation
Legal entity
ТОО «Инжиниринговая компания «Казгипронефтетранс»
Company type
EPC / Engineering, Service company
Founded
1974

Services

  • Feasibility studies, design-stage ("Project") and working documentation for refining, petrochemical and chemical facilities
  • Design of trunk oil and gas pipelines, pump and compressor stations, crossings (according to the company)
  • Design of heat and power facilities: district boiler houses and heat networks
  • Environmental design documentation: impact reports, materials for environmental permits
  • FEED and detailed design of field facilities as part of international teams (according to the company)
  • Design of marine terminals, liquefied gas depots and tank farms (according to the company)
  • Integrated engineering surveys, laser scanning, photogrammetry and 3D modelling (according to the company)
  • Adaptation of foreign designs to the norms of the Republic of Kazakhstan (according to the company)
  • Author and technical supervision (according to the company)
  • Project and procurement management, EPC construction (according to the company)

Products & equipment

The company focuses on services — no products listed.

Industries

Upstream (E&P)Midstream (pipelines & storage)Downstream (refining)PetrochemicalsPower & utilities

Categories

Design institutesEPC / EngineeringEnvironmental Services

Locations

Regions

Almaty

Offices, bases and facilities

  • AlmatyHeadquarters

Projects and clients in Kazakhstan

As reported in public sources
  • Air Liquide Munay Tech Gases – hydrogen production unit (12,500 m³/h) at the Pavlodar Petrochemical Plant site: general designer, positive state expertise conclusion of 29.04.2025; developer of the materials for the integrated environmental permit (hearing on 05.05.2026)
  • Beineu-Bozoi-Shymkent 2 Ltd – second line of the Beineu–Bozoi–Shymkent trunk gas pipeline: compiler of the impact report and environmental documentation (34 hearing notices for 19–30.10.2026)
  • Silleno – polyethylene plant (1,250 thousand t/year), second phase of the integrated gas-chemical complex in Atyrau Region: feasibility study contract of 10.11.2021; named project developer in the hearing notice of 12.03.2025 (a 2025 project summary names another institute as designer)
  • Kazakhturkmunay – adjustment of the working design for the bypass crossing of the Laktybai–Kenkiyak oil pipeline over the Zhem river (contract of 26.08.2024, completed)
  • Tengizchevroil – Future Growth Project / Wellhead Pressure Management Project: one of the four founders of the KPJV joint venture (with Fluor, WorleyParsons and KING), which completed the FEED in November 2014 and then provided detailed engineering until start-up in 2025; KGNT's own share of the design work is not published
  • Karachaganak Petroleum Operating – FEED for the Karachaganak Expansion Project Stage 1, completed in autumn 2019 by a consortium of WorleyParsons Kazakhstan and KGNT (reported by Petroleum journal, 2020)
  • EuroChem-Karatau – mineral fertiliser plant in Zhanatas (595 thousand t/year), design adjustment: general designer, state expertise conclusion of 15.12.2025
  • Astana Energy Department – gas-fired district boiler house (700 MW) with trunk heat networks near the Korgalzhyn highway: general designer, state expertise conclusions of 01.08.2023, 15.11.2024 and 29.12.2025
  • Atyrau Refinery – analysis and audit of the causes of malfunctions at the catalytic cracking and catalytic reforming units (contract of 07.05.2021)
  • According to the company: work for the K-WAC consortium on the Kashagan Phase II FEED; the Karachaganak–Uralsk gas pipeline (152 km); modernisation projects at the Pavlodar, Shymkent and Atyrau refineries

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