The consortium operating the Kashagan field may be deliberately dragging out environmental proceedings in Kazakhstan in an effort to avoid paying a massive fine before a ruling is issued by an international arbitration tribunal in Washington, oil and gas expert Nurlan Zhumagulov wrote on his Energy Monitor Telegram channel. If the case is ultimately unsuccessful for the operator, the payment could reach 2.3 trillion tenge, Orda.kz reports.
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