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Kazakhstan has exceeded OPEC+ output quota

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Output at Tengiz oilfield has been expanded

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Some OPEC+ members angry with Kazakhstan for surpassing

quota

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No plans for Kazakhstan to leave OPEC+

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ASTANA, July 15 (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's oil output in

the first half of 2025 rose by around 11.6% to 49.9 million

metric tons from the same period in 2024, while the country has

no plans to leave the OPEC+ group of global leading oil

producers, senior officials said on Tuesday.

The Central Asian republic has persistently exceeded quotas

set by OPEC+, which groups the Organization of the Petroleum

Exporting Countries and other producers led by Russia, angering

some bloc's members, according to the industry sources.

Energy minister Erlan Akkenzhenov said on Tuesday that

Kazakhstan exported 39.6 million tons of oil (1.64 million

barrels per day), while this year's export is expected at 70.5

million tons.

Reuters uses the ratio of barrels of Kazakhstan's crude oil

to metric tons of 7.5 barrels per metric ton.

Separately, the country's Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov

said Kazakhstan did not plan to leave OPEC+, while conceding it

has struggled to abide by the OPEC+ production quotas.

He said it was due to the expansion of the Chevron ( CVX )-led

Tengiz oilfield, the country's largest.

Kazakhstan's OPEC+ quota is set to rise to 1.532 million

barrels per day in August from 1.514 million barrels per day in

July. This does not account for output of gas condensate, a type

of light oil.