A Chinese Oil Company Was Fined Almost Half a Billion for Drilling Waste in Mangistau
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The Environmental Protection Prosecutor's Office of the Mangistau region has found an excess 513.2 tons of hazardous drilling waste at a branch of Buzachi Operating Ltd. The court fined the company 474 million tenge, Orda.kz reports.
The prosecutor's office stated that the branch had significantly exceeded the established limit for hazardous waste accumulation.
The branch has seriously exceeded the established limit of hazardous waste accumulation. The excess amount of drilling waste amounted to 513.2 tons,the prosecutor's office reported.
The company was held administratively liable under Part 6 of Article 328 of the Administrative Code. The court fined Buzachi Operating Ltd 474 million tenge.
Buzachi Operating Ltd is an operating company developing the Northern Buzachi oil field near Aktau. It has been operating since 2004 and is controlled by Chinese corporations Sinopec and CNPC. The branch in Aktau is headed by Chinese CEO Zhu Aijun.
This is not the first time the Mangistau prosecutor's office has taken action against the company. In March 2025, the agency secured compensation of 8.4 billion tenge from Buzachi Operating Ltd after finding that the oil company had burned associated gas for six years without permission and operated with systematic raw material losses. The company paid the full amount into the state budget.
Original author: Saule Abdykamit
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