Article 17. General conditions for the sale of commercial, liquefied petroleum and liquefied natural gas The Law on Gas and Gas Supply

Home / Laws / Article 17. General conditions for the sale of commercial, liquefied petroleum and liquefied natural gas The Law on Gas and Gas Supply

1. In order to protect the environment and the health of the population of the Republic of Kazakhstan, only commercial and (or) liquefied petroleum gas is supplied to consumers, with the exception of the sale of crude gas to industrial consumers for use as raw materials.

2. The sale of commercial gas, subject to the requirements of this Law, is allowed exclusively:

1) national operator;

2) producers of commercial gas;

3) subsoil users who are owners of marketable gas produced during the processing of the raw gas they have extracted;4) owners of marketable gas produced outside the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan and imported for consumption and (or) further sale;5) owners of marketable gas produced outside the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan from raw gas extracted in the Republic of Kazakhstan, on the basis of international treaties of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

6) gas distribution organizations; - repealed by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated June 24, 2026, No. 322-VIII ZRK;

7) owners of vehicle gas filling compressor stations.

3. The sale of liquefied natural gas is carried out by individuals and legal entities, taking into account the priority of meeting the internal needs of the Republic of Kazakhstan within the framework of the general gasification scheme of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

4. The sale of liquefied petroleum gas, subject to the requirements of this Law, is permitted exclusively:

1) by producers of liquefied petroleum gas;

2) by owners of liquefied petroleum gas produced in the process of processing hydrocarbon raw materials that they own or have other lawful rights to;

3) by owners of liquefied petroleum gas produced outside the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan and imported for consumption into the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

4) Excluded by Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 30, 2021, No. 96‑VII (entered into force sixty calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

5) owners of gas filling stations, gas filling points, group tank installations, and vehicle gas filling stations;

6) owners of liquefied petroleum gas purchased directly from subsoil users who produced it under a production‑sharing agreement (contract) or a subsoil use contract approved by the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and who benefit from a stable tax regime in accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 722 of the Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On Taxes and Other Mandatory Payments to the Budget” (Tax Code).

4-1. Manufacturers are prohibited from producing commercial, liquefied petroleum and (or) liquefied natural gas without a production passport approved in accordance with the established procedure.

4-2. Manufacturers are required to submit an annual schedule for carrying out scheduled preventive maintenance of their technological units to the authorized body for approval and to comply with the approved schedule.

5. The sale of commercial, liquefied petroleum and (or) liquefied natural gas must be carried out with mandatory movement through control metering devices, except in cases established by this Law.

6. Retail sales contracts for commercial and liquefied petroleum gas are concluded in accordance with standard contracts.

The provision of this clause does not apply to cases of retail sales of:

1) liquefied petroleum gas to household and industrial consumers;

2) marketable gas by owners of vehicle gas filling compressor stations;

3) liquefied petroleum gas by owners of vehicle gas filling stations;

4) liquefied petroleum gas in household cylinders.

6-1. The contracts for the sale of commercial gas to large commercial consumers, digital miners, entities engaged in the production of electrical energy for digital mining, and entities supplying electrical energy to digital miners stipulate the following obligations:

for consumers included in the list of power plants, to maintain separate records of the use of commercial gas for the energy supply of the population, legal entities, and digital miners;

— Removed by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated June 24, 2026, No. 322‑VIII ZRK.

Large commercial consumers for maintaining separate accounting of the use of commercial gas for the production of socially significant food products, as well as thermal and (or) electrical energy and other products;

digital miners for maintaining separate accounting of the use of commercial gas for digital mining and other activities;

persons engaged in the production of electrical energy for maintaining separate accounting of the use of commercial gas for the production of electrical energy for digital miners and other persons.

persons engaged in supplying electrical energy to consumers, maintaining separate records of the volume of electrical energy sales to digital miners and other persons.

7. The preferential right to use commercial or liquefied petroleum gas is held by...

The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated January 9, 2012 No. 532-IV.

This Law defines the legal, economic and organizational bases for regulating public relations in the field of gas and gas supply in the Republic of Kazakhstan and is aimed at creating conditions for meeting the domestic gas needs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as for efficient, reliable and safe operation of gas supply facilities.

President

Republic of Kazakhstan

Constitution Law Code Standard Decree Order Decision Resolution Lawyer Almaty Lawyer Legal service Legal advice Civil Criminal Administrative cases Disputes Defense Arbitration Law Company Kazakhstan Law Firm Court Cases