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Atyrau

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A·ty·rau or A·ti·rau  t-rou) Formerly Gu·ryev (gryf)
A city of western Kazakhstan at the mouth of the Ural River on the Caspian Sea. Founded in 1645 as a military outpost, it was a fishing port until the development of the region's petroleum resources in the 1930s. Population: 145,000.


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Elsewhere in the region, the United States is helping to refurbish an old Soviet air base at Atyrau in Kazakhstan, overlooking the giant Kashagan oil field--partly owned by Exxon Mobil, ConocoPhillips, and Royal Dutch/Shell--in the northeast corner of the Caspian Sea.
Atyrau is now experiencing explosive economic growth due to the oil industry.
1 in the Ongar West Field of the Atyrau Block, located on the north shore of the Caspian Sea, Kazakhstan.
 
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