EXECUTIVE RETREAT
KYRGYZSTAN & CENTRAL ASIA CRUDE OIL
& PETROLEUM PRODUCTS MARKET
KYRGYZSTAN & CENTRAL ASIA CRUDE OIL
& PETROLEUM PRODUCTS MARKET
Bishkek, 17-18 September 2026
Registration About
Confidence Information Services brings senior oil and gas professionals together here each year for an Executive Retreat – an informal, off-the-record gathering for leaders and experts from the Kyrgyz, Central Asian and wider regional market.
The format is designed to move away from conference formality: current analysis, open discussion and meaningful networking. Over the past two editions, the event has established itself as a recognised professional forum for traders, logistics operators, financiers and government representatives from across the region.
The format is designed to move away from conference formality: current analysis, open discussion and meaningful networking. Over the past two editions, the event has established itself as a recognised professional forum for traders, logistics operators, financiers and government representatives from across the region.
WHY THIS MATTERS NOW
Central Asia’s oil and petroleum products market is in the middle of a structural shift. Trade flows are being rerouted, new logistics corridors are emerging, and the mechanisms through which payments are made are changing – all of which is altering the operating conditions for every participant in the regional supply chain.
Kazakhstan is expanding its exports along alternative routes. Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are strengthening their position in regional markets. Afghanistan is generating steady downstream demand. Against this backdrop, Kyrgyzstan continues to play a significant role as a transit and refining hub – a point through which the interests of most regional players intersect.
The Bishkek gathering offers a space to work through these developments in a professional setting: with current analysis, without formality, and alongside people who are directly active in the market.
Kazakhstan is expanding its exports along alternative routes. Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are strengthening their position in regional markets. Afghanistan is generating steady downstream demand. Against this backdrop, Kyrgyzstan continues to play a significant role as a transit and refining hub – a point through which the interests of most regional players intersect.
The Bishkek gathering offers a space to work through these developments in a professional setting: with current analysis, without formality, and alongside people who are directly active in the market.
AGENDA TOPICS 2026:
1
REGIONAL MARKET & GEOPOLITICS
• Oil and petroleum products: regional supply and demand balance, pricing outlook and forecasts
• The sanctions landscape: latest EU and US measures, secondary sanctions and compliance risk for regional operators
• Geopolitical pressures and their effect on Central Asian supply structures
• Oil and petroleum products: regional supply and demand balance, pricing outlook and forecasts
• The sanctions landscape: latest EU and US measures, secondary sanctions and compliance risk for regional operators
• Geopolitical pressures and their effect on Central Asian supply structures
2
SANCTIONS, PARALLEL IMPORTS & ALTERNATIVE ROUTES
• Parallel imports in practice: what is working, how to structure transactions, legal exposure
• The Trans-Caspian corridor, Iran and China: competing routes through Kyrgyzstan
• Sanctions compliance for traders: a practical session
• Parallel imports in practice: what is working, how to structure transactions, legal exposure
• The Trans-Caspian corridor, Iran and China: competing routes through Kyrgyzstan
• Sanctions compliance for traders: a practical session
3
REGIONAL LOGISTICS
• Rail logistics in Kyrgyzstan: new projects, capacity and tariffs
• Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan: their role in the Central Asian market - fuel oil, gasoline and LPG
• Kazakhstan: upstream developments and their downstream implications for the region
• Afghanistan as a destination: commercial opportunities and operational realities
• Central Asian petroleum products market: supply and demand by country - Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
• New regional export corridors: competing routes, infrastructure constraints and the outlook ahead
• Rail logistics in Kyrgyzstan: new projects, capacity and tariffs
• Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan: their role in the Central Asian market - fuel oil, gasoline and LPG
• Kazakhstan: upstream developments and their downstream implications for the region
• Afghanistan as a destination: commercial opportunities and operational realities
• Central Asian petroleum products market: supply and demand by country - Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
• New regional export corridors: competing routes, infrastructure constraints and the outlook ahead
4
THE KYRGYZ MARKET
• Domestic petroleum products: volumes, retail networks and industrial consumers
• Refining in Kyrgyzstan: China Petrol Company Zhongda and its place in the local market
• Feedstocks for domestic refining: Kazakhstani fuel oil, regional alternatives and supply availability
• Kyrgyz fuel oil export flows: destinations, volumes and buyers
• Security of supply: risks to the Kyrgyz market from periodic downturns in Russian refinery output
• Ministry of Energy and Kyrgyztrasneftegas: the regulatory position
• The Association of Oil Traders of Kyrgyzstan: the policy agenda
• Domestic petroleum products: volumes, retail networks and industrial consumers
• Refining in Kyrgyzstan: China Petrol Company Zhongda and its place in the local market
• Feedstocks for domestic refining: Kazakhstani fuel oil, regional alternatives and supply availability
• Kyrgyz fuel oil export flows: destinations, volumes and buyers
• Security of supply: risks to the Kyrgyz market from periodic downturns in Russian refinery output
• Ministry of Energy and Kyrgyztrasneftegas: the regulatory position
• The Association of Oil Traders of Kyrgyzstan: the policy agenda
5
FINANCE & LAW
• Regional banking: payment solutions for international settlements and alternatives to SWIFT
• Tax regimes for oil traders operating in Kyrgyzstan: current practice
• Protecting transactions: international arbitration and jurisdiction
• Regional banking: payment solutions for international settlements and alternatives to SWIFT
• Tax regimes for oil traders operating in Kyrgyzstan: current practice
• Protecting transactions: international arbitration and jurisdiction
Day 2 - Networking
The second day is given over entirely to informal exchange. Delegates will travel to the Supara-Chunkurchak ethnic complex - a striking setting in the foothills of the Tian Shan, where the 2024 networking day was held. Experience from previous editions suggests that more partnerships are formed here than in any formal session, and that the conversations begun on Day 1 find their natural conclusion here.
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Bishkek, 17-18 September 2026
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