PetroKazakhstan Assigns New President

Bernard F. Isautier, President of PetroKazakhstan Inc. ("PetroKazakhstan") regrettably announced that Marlo Thomas, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, has been obliged to relinquish his responsibilities for health reasons and for an indefinite period of time. Thomas Dvorak, previously

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Bernard F. Isautier, President of PetroKazakhstan Inc. (“PetroKazakhstan”) regrettably announced that Marlo Thomas, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, has been obliged to relinquish his responsibilities for health reasons and for an indefinite period of time.

Thomas Dvorak, previously Vice President Legal and Contracts and based in Almaty, has been appointed President of PetroKazakhstan’s two operating subsidiaries, PetroKazakhstan Kumkol Resources (PKKR) and PetroKazakhstan Oil Products (PKOP), replacing Thomas in these two positions.

PetroKazakhstan Inc. is a vertically integrated, international energy company, celebrating its seventh year of operations in the Republic of Kazakhstan. It is engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and production of oil and gas, refining of oil and the sale of oil and refined products.

The company shares trade in the United States on the New York Stock Exchange, in Canada on the Toronto Stock Exchange, in the United Kingdom on the London Stock Exchange and in Germany on the Frankfurt Exchange under the symbol PKZ.

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