Case Study: Energy security in Kazakhstan 

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    • Energy security in Kazakhstan
      • Global player?
        • Vast resources = important global energy player
        • World's largest uranium producer
        • Export over 1.2 million barrels of oil per day
      • Energy secure? Threats?
        • Vast resources = energy secure
        • Landlocked country
          • Relies highly on pipelines to export its oil
            • Means OPEC countries have more power
        • High transmission loses (25-50%)
          • Causes electricity shortages in rural areas
    • 12% of the world's uranium
    • 85 trillion cubic feet of natural gas
    • 30 billion barrels of oil reserves

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