Almaty, Kazakhstan (AFP) Aug 5, 2024
Kazakhtan has handed a hefty fine to one of its top oil producers for environmental breaches, prosecutors said Monday, in an unusually harsh punishment from the energy-rich Central Asian country.
The Kazakhstan-based producer Kaspi Neft "did not receive a (permit)... for accumulating over 4,500 tonnes of dangerous waste between 2021 and 2022 from drilling and operation of an oil field", pros