Article 22. Transportation and storage of commercial gas The Law on Gas and Gas Supply

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1. Gas transportation organizations provide services for the transportation of commercial gas through connecting and main gas pipelines, as well as for the storage of commercial gas in commercial gas storage facilities.

2. It is prohibited to operate the same connecting, main gas pipelines and commercial gas storage facilities by two or more gas transportation organizations.

3. Gas transportation organizations have the right to provide services for the transportation of commercial gas through main gas pipelines outside the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan exclusively:

1) the national operator;

2) producers of commercial gas;

3) subsurface users who own commercial gas produced during the processing of the crude gas they produce;

4) owners of commercial gas produced outside the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan who intend to transport it through the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

4. Gas transportation and gas distribution organizations are obliged to:

1) subject to the restrictions provided for in paragraph 3 of this Article, provide owners of commercial gas on equal terms with access to the capacities of the main gas pipeline, commercial gas storage or gas distribution system in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on natural monopolies;

2) to provide, at the request of the authorized body, information on the availability of spare capacities of the main gas pipeline, commercial gas storage, gas distribution system, as well as the program for their use.;

3) inform the owners of marketable gas and (or) consumers about planned repair and preventive work affecting the fulfillment of obligations for transportation, storage and (or) retail sale of marketable gas.

5. The gas transportation organization is obliged to refuse the owner of commercial gas in transportation and (or) storage of commercial gas in the following cases::

1) non-compliance of commercial gas with the requirements of technical regulations and national standards;

2) failure by the subsurface user to submit a written waiver by the national operator of the state's pre-emptive right to purchase volumes of marketable gas planned for transportation, or documents confirming receipt by the national operator one month before the subsurface user's request to the gas transportation organization of a commercial proposal for the alienation of volumes of marketable gas planned for transportation.

6. Gas transportation organizations are responsible for unjustified refusal to transport and store commercial gas in accordance with the procedure provided for by the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the contract for the provision of services for the transportation and storage of commercial gas.

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.

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