POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION FOR LSC PAVLODAR OIL

UNCLAS ALMATY 001905

SIPDIS


USDOC FOR 532/OEA/MARY CORSEY/ORESTES THEOCHARIDES
USDOC FOR 3133/FCS/OIO/EUR/MCOSTA
USDOC FOR: 4231/ITA/MAC/OEERIS/RISD/DSTARKS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: BEXP ETRD ETTC KZ
SUBJECT: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION FOR LSC PAVLODAR OIL
REFINERY/PETROCHEMICAL PLANT. EXPORT LICENCE NUMBER D306081

REFTELS: USDOC 00036, USDOC 00226, BIS (THEOCHARIDES)
2/16/05 and 4/19/05 EMAILs


1. CS ALMATY SENIOR COMMERCIAL OFFICER MITCHEL AUERBACH AND
INDUSTRY SPECIALIST OKSANA CHUKREYEVA CONDUCTED A PSV AT THE
LSC PAVLODAR OIL REFINERY/PETROCHEMICAL PLANT, ON APRIL 26,
2005, AS REQUESTED IN REFTEL USDOC 00036. THIS PSV WAS
CARRIED OUT REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF A MIKRON INFRARED
THERMO IMAGING CAMERA USED TO DETECT FAILURES ON POWER AND
TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT IN THE PAVLODAR PLANT. SHIPMENT OF THIS
CAMERA WAS MADE UNDER EXPORT LICENSE NUMBER D306081,
RECEIVED BY MIKRON INFRARED, INC., 16 THRONTON ROAD,
OAKLAND, NY 07436.


2. TO CONDUCT THIS POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION CHECK, THE SCO
AND INDUSTRY SPECIALIST VISITED THE FACILITIES OF LSC
PAVLODAR OIL REFINERY/PETROCHEMICAL PLANT, IN PAVLODAR,
KAZAKHSTAN, AND MET WITH MR. ALEXANDER VIKTOROVICH, THE
MANAGER OF TECHNICAL SERVICES AT THIS FACILITY.


3. POST WAS ABLE TO SCHEDULE THE VISIT WITHOUT DELAY FROM
THIS COMPANY, AND THE SCO AND MS. CHUKREYEVA EXPERIENCED NO
RELUCTANCE ON THE PART OF MR. VIKTOROVICH TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THIS PSV CHECK. THE INTERVIEWS WERE
CONDUCTED ON LSC PAVLODAR OIL REFINERY/PETROCHEMICAL PLANT
PREMISES. THE MIKRON THERMO IMAGING CAMERA WAS IN SIGHT AND
VIEWED BY THE PSV TEAM, AND THEY VERIFIED THE NAME AND
IDENTIFICATION OF THE ITEM BY THE DESCRIPTION LISTED ON THE
LICENSE. DURING THEIR VISIT, THE PSV CHECK TEAM EXPLAINED
THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPLYING WITH ALL DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
LICENSES AS WELL AS THE RIDERS AND CONDITIONS ATTACHED TO
THE LICENSE.


4. RECOMMENDATION: ALL INDICATIONS WERE THAT THIS TECHNOLGY
HAS BEEN USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE EXPORT
LICENSE AND THAT THE LSC PAVLODAR REFINERY/PETROCHEMICAL
PLANT CAN BE CONSIDERED A RELIABLE RECIPIENT OF SENSITIVE
U.S. TECHNOLOGY.

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