Due to the likely decline in gas output at several fields, including Kashagan and Zhanazhol, Kazakhstan might import natural gas from 2024, according to Qazaqgas First Deputy CEO Meirbek Ikhsanov. Gas imports could reach one bcm in 2025 and 3.2 bcm in 2026. Although Kazakhstan projects a one bcm gas export to China this year and the subsequent one, there’s a higher domestic gas demand during winter.