According to Roman Sklyar, the first deputy prime minister of Kazakhstan, the country’s government will allocate $14 million for the evaluation of the subsoil potential of the Aral Sea area.
In particular, the funds will be spent on geological and geophysical exploration of the Zapadnyi and Vostochnyi fields. Once this work is completed later this year, the government will comprehensively review resources deposited in the area and determine the most prospective structures.
Furthermore, many independent subsoil users do the same job independently, exploring the former seabed of the Aral Sea in a bid to find something promising enough.
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