Born in the city of Oktyabrsk (present day Kandyagash), Nogaev attended the Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas in Moscow where he earned specialty in mining engineering.

[2] He currently holds master's in Business Administration from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations.

From 1993, he worked as senior expert on petroleum products, head of department, general director of Gili-Pasker LLP in Moscow.

[2] In September 2007, Nogaev was appointed as deputy äkım of West Kazakhstan Region under Baktykozha Izmukhambetov.

[6][7] He served the post until 7 September 2021, when Nogaev was relieved from his duties and was appointed to the äkım post again in the Mangystau Region, while the Ecology and Natural Resources Minister Magzum Myrzagaliev succeeded Nogaev as the Energy Minister.