ORDER OF THE MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

of April 28, 2026 No. 208

About approval of the Instruction for classification of inventories of fields and forecast resources of the minerals including relating to nonconventional hydrocarbons

According to subitem 16-1) of article 64 of the Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan "About subsoil and subsurface use" I ORDER:

1. Approve the Instruction for classification of inventories of fields and forecast resources of the minerals including relating to nonconventional hydrocarbons.

2. Declare invalid the subitem 1) of Item 1 of the order of the Acting Minister of the industry and infrastructure development of the Republic of Kazakhstan of February 2, 2023 No. 71 "About approval of the Technique of classification of inventories of fields and forecast resources, instructions for stock counting of the minerals including relating to nonconventional hydrocarbons" (it is registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan at No. 31839).

3. To provide to committee of geology of the Industry ministry and construction of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the procedure established by the legislation:

1) state registration of this order in the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

2) placement of this order on Internet resource of the Industry ministry and construction of the Republic of Kazakhstan after its official publication.

4. To impose control of execution of this order on the supervising vice-Minister of Industry and construction of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

5. This order becomes effective after ten calendar days after day of its first official publication.

Approved by the Order of the Minister of Industry and construction of the Republic of Kazakhstan of April 28, 2026 No. 208

The instruction for classification of inventories of fields and forecast resources of the minerals including relating to nonconventional hydrocarbons

Chapter 1. General provisions

1. This Instruction for classification of inventories of fields and forecast resources of the minerals including relating to nonconventional hydrocarbons (further – the Instruction) is developed according to subitem 16-1) of article 64 of the Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan "About subsoil and subsurface use" (further – the Code) and establishes the single principles to classification of inventories of fields and forecast resources of minerals by degree of study and development.

2. Classification of inventories of fields and forecast resources of solid minerals provides differentiation of inventories and resources of solid minerals on degree of extent of exploration, degree of geological study, complexity of geological structure, economic value.

3. Classification of inventories of the fields and forecast hydrocarbon resources including relating to nonconventional provides differentiation of inventories and hydrocarbon resources on groups, categories, on size, complexity of structure and extent of development of fields at development of fields of hydrocarbons and passing components.

4. Classification of inventories of fields and forecast resources of underground waters establishes single valuation principles and the state accounting of operational inventories and forecast resources of underground waters on degree of their study and readiness of fields for further studying and use taking into account nature protection and other restrictions according to requirements of the Code and the Water Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan (further – the Water code).

5. The basic concepts used in this Instruction:

1) inactive balance sheet inventories – inventories which do not provide return from investments, but working off of which is not unprofitable;

2) off-balance inventories of underground waters – inventories of underground waters use, which for assessment not acknowledged reasonable for the technical and economic, technological and ecological reasons which are directly not connected with the project of water intake (impossibility of alienation of lands, difficult mining-and-geological conditions, nature protection restrictions, lack of rational technology of preliminary water treatment or extraction of valuable components, change of social and economic environment, need of regulation of superficial drain, etc.);

3) balance sheet inventories of underground waters – inventories of underground waters feasibility of use which it is established taking into account all geological and economic, technology and sanitary and hygienic factors according to special feasibility statements the possibility of use is confirmed with the republican and territorial authorities agreeing and controlling environmental management issues in the procedure established by the legislation;

4) forecast resources of underground waters is amount of underground waters of certain quality and target, assignment which is given within the hydrogeological region, river basin and the administrative area and reflecting potential opportunities of their use;

5) operational inventories of underground waters is amount of underground waters which is received on the field (site) by means of geological technically reasonable water intaking constructions in case of the set mode and service conditions, and also the quality of water meeting criteria of target use during the settlement term of water consumption taking into account nature protection restrictions;

6) the developed fields (deposits) of hydrocarbons – fields where hydrocarbon production on the designed system of development is performed;

7) prepared for mining (deposit) of hydrocarbons – fields where study provides creation of the project of mining of oil or gas;

8) the field of hydrocarbons – set of deposits of the hydrocarbons dated for one or several traps controlled by single structural element and located on one local square;

9) deposit of hydrocarbons – the part of subsoil containing the isolated natural accumulation of hydrocarbons in the trap formed by breed collector and tire of impermeable rocks;

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