Almaty Building & Co developed and built a compressed natural gas filling station in Aktobe, Kazakhstan, which launched on 10 April 2026. The station has capacity for up to 300 vehicles a day, represents an investment of 2 billion tenge, and operates under the QazaqGaz Onimderi brand with gas supplied by QazaqGaz Aimaq. It is the company’s first CNG filling station and the second in Aktobe.
Specification
| Location | Aktobe, Kazakhstan — on the city bypass serving the Western Europe–Western China corridor |
| Launched | 10 April 2026 |
| Developed and built by | Almaty Building & Co |
| Operating brand | QazaqGaz Onimderi |
| Operating model | Franchise |
| Gas supplier | QazaqGaz Aimaq |
| Capacity | Up to 300 vehicles a day |
| Investment | 2 billion tenge |
| Compressor equipment | two NPK Grasis units, 1,200 m3/h and 1,000 m3/h (2,200 m3/h combined) |
| Gas storage | dual-line 2,000-litre gas accumulator block |
| Status | The company’s first CNG filling station; the second in Aktobe |
Compressing pipeline gas for road vehicles
The station takes pipeline natural gas, dries and compresses it, stores it under pressure and dispenses it to vehicles as compressed natural gas. Its customers are commercial and municipal vehicle operators converting from diesel and petrol, together with private vehicles running on methane.
Compression, drying and storage
Compression is provided by two units supplied by NPK Grasis, rated at 1,200 and 1,000 cubic metres an hour respectively, giving 2,200 cubic metres an hour combined. Gas is held in a dual-line accumulator block with a total volume of 2,000 litres. The installation also includes a high-pressure dryer, an automatic gas preparation unit, a dual-line priority panel and a modular block-box with fire and security alarm systems.
Operated as a QazaqGaz Onimderi franchise
Almaty Building developed and built the station. It is operated as a franchise under the QazaqGaz Onimderi brand, with gas supplied by QazaqGaz Aimaq. The franchise model is used to keep service standards and technical requirements consistent across the national network.
Why Aktobe
Kazakhstan is expanding its compressed natural gas refuelling network under the Comprehensive Plan for the Development of the Gas Industry 2025–2029, adopted by Government Resolution No. 463 of 21 June 2025. The plan sets a target of 36 CNG filling stations nationally by 2029, a 71 per cent increase on 2024. The station sits on the Aktobe bypass, on the Western Europe–Western China corridor, in a region that had one station before it.
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At the opening, 10 April 2026
The station was opened in the presence of Askhat Shakharov, Akim of Aktobe region, and Alibek Zhamauov, Chairman of the Board, QazaqGaz.
Aktobe’s first CNG station opened in 2017. This is the city’s second.
Aktobe’s first compressed methane filling station opened in 2017 and was built by a different company; it is rated at 180 vehicles a day. The station described on this page is this company’s first CNG filling station, and the second in the city.
We state this plainly because the distinction is easy to lose in summary, and because a claim that can be checked should be stated in the form that survives checking.
Sources
- Kazinform — report of the station launch, including the developer, investor, capacity and investment figures.
- Neftegaz.ru — technical report on the compressor and gas preparation equipment supplied by NPK Grasis.
- Government Resolution No. 463 of 21 June 2025 — the Comprehensive Plan for the Development of the Gas Industry 2025–2029 and its CNG targets.
Last reviewed: 21 September 2026