Water Desalination Plant



The Port of Bautino has grown significantly in importance over the last few years as a result of the offshore oil finds in the Kazakh sector of the north Caspian Sea. The port is of strategic importance given its proximity to the current offshore development and the fact that it is the most northern naturally ice free port on the Kazakh coast line in the winter. By virtue of this double geographical blessing, the Port of Bautino has become the staging point for the oil industry in the busy summer work months as well as a safe harbor for vessels in the winter months when ice covers the north east Caspian.

Caspian Services Inc., through its 56% ownership of CJSC Bauta, operates a desalination plant and water bottling operation in the Port of Bautino. The plant provides drinking water supplies for crews operating the vessels supporting the offshore infrastructure construction, oil and service companies working in the area as well as the Chagala Hotel in Bautino Bay. CJSC Bauta also supplies drinking water in bulk to the local community at cost as part of its own efforts to support and assist the local community.