Astana – The new Minister of Energy Vladimir Shkolnik , the Chairman of the Management Board of State Oil Company KazMunaiGaz Sauat Mynbayev and Eni’s CEO Claudio Descalzi met today in Astana. During the meetings, they discussed the results and developments of Eni’s activities in the country, particularly on the Kashagan and Karachaganak fields, on which Eni’s CEO provided an overview of the ongoing projects and activities leading to the next steps of development. Eni’s CEO has also updated the Minister Shkolnik on the progress of the strategic agreement signed by the State Oil Company KazMunaiGaz and Eni last June. Over the last few months, Eni and KazMunaiGaz have made significant progress in relation to the engineering activities for the shipyard project in Mangystau Region. (9colonne)