The Ministry of Oil and Gas of the Republic of Kazakhstan has extended the exploration period of Tethys Petroleum's Kul-Bas exploration and production contract by a further two years until November 11th 2015.
The Kul-Bas contract area, which currently covers an area of 7,632 square kilometres, surrounds the Akkulka contract area which contains the company's producing oil and gas fields.
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