KAZAKHSTAN state oil and gas holding KazMunayGaz and regional producers are restarting thousands of wells that were idled about a week ago after a blackout affected the core Mangistau and Atyrau oil provinces in the west of the country. Early on Monday last week, an accident at a gas-fired power plant led to more than 7000 producing wells grinding to a halt. Regional power generator Maek completed repairs at the power station, also known as Maek, near Aktau, on the Caspian shore, on Sunday. The affected wells are in fields operated by KazMunayGaz regional subsidiaries, and the region's largest oil export pipeline, run by Caspian Pipeline Consortium, was also impacted. Although the gas plant restarted in the middle of last week, it had to shut down again less than 24 hours later due to a new problem. Since the repairs, the facility has gradually returned to its nominal capacity of 150 megawatts, with Maek's total output rising to 565 MW and the bulk of power flowing to customers in the Mangistau region, with some to the Atyrau region.
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