The Agency for the Protection and Development of Competition of the Republic of Kazakhstan created the Council to identify and eliminate barriers to entry into the country’s commodity markets.

This Council was created with the aim of identifying barriers, as well as the formation of a competitive market economy in Kazakhstan.

Petrocouncil was included in the Council to support fair competition in O&G.

The Council’s tasks will be to promote the development of SMEs, reduce barriers to entry into commodity markets, including O&G, as well as reduce government interference.