Oman–Kazakhstan accords Fund, energy and AI plans

Oct 6

A separate graphic explainer reviews signed Oman–Kazakhstan documents: Eurasian Development Bank arrangements, investment protection, air transport, a business council and sectoral memoranda. It describes a joint Oman Investment Authority–Samruk-Kazyna investment partnership of US$150 million, split equally, aimed at value-added projects. A further memorandum describes a Blue City entertainment project, developer GFT, project structure and final agreements within six months. It sets out an OQ Exploration and Production–KazMunayGas framework to assess oil and gas opportunities, an O-Green–Samruk-Energy renewable-energy agreement, and a proposed bilateral AI mineral-exploration centre involving Solidcore Resources, with pilot programmes and a geological-data platform. These are agreements and planned cooperation, not completed projects; the Blue City transition and closing sentence are incomplete.

A cooperation memorandum involving Solidcore Resources concerns a proposed Oman–Kazakhstan AI centre for mineral exploration. Oman TV describes combined geological expertise and data, remote sensing, modelling and target assessment, two pilot exploration programmes, skills development and an integrated data platform. The centre and pilots are planned under the memorandum, not reported operational.