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- ↑ Chevron-led Kazakh oil firm hits record output in 2013, International: Reuters, 2014
- ↑ "BP Set to Return to Kazakhstan After 11 Years". Caspian News.
- ↑ "Тенгизшевройл". www.oilcareer.ru. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
