ALMATY, March 9 (Reuters) - Kazakh oil producer KazMunaiGas Exploration and Production (KMGq.L: Quote, Profile, Research) RDGZ.KZ said on Tuesday that the impact from a strike at one of its units was limited and the company sought to resolve the dispute soon.
KazMunaiGas EP said last week it was losing up to 1 percent of daily output due to a strike at its Ozen oil field where workers staged a protest against a new pay structure which reduced bonus payments while raising regular wages.
"During the March 4 - March 8 period between 1,500 and 3,000 workers skipped their shifts, most of them employed at well services and transport," the company said in a statement, adding that production losses were 200 to 400 tonnes a day.
"The management KazMunaiGas EP continues attempts to establish... dialogue with the workers on strike and counts on local authorities to help maintain law and order in the town of Zhanaozen," it added, referring to a town near Ozen.
Kazakh state energy firm KazMunaiGas [KMG.UL] owns a majority stake in London-listed KazMunaiGas EP.
Ex-Soviet Kazakhstan plans to produce 80 million tonnes of oil this year, most of which is due to be exported through pipelines crossing Russia. (Writing by Olzhas Auyezov; Editing by Hans Peters)
