Kazakh state oil and gas firm Kazmu- naigas (KMG) last week firmly denied re- ports that it could close its Soviet-era Pavlo- dar refinery in northern Kazakhstan after 2014, when an agreement for it to import Russian crude duty-free is set to expire. “The question of closure ... has never been considered or discussed,” KMG said in a statement, denying rumors that a meeting on the matter involving its managing director for refining and marketing, Daniyar Tiesov, had taken place.
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