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Kashagan set to shift balance of oil power

Headline: Kashagan set to shift balance of oil powerSource: EuromoneyDate: January 2002         Pipeline in Atyrau: reserves in the Kazahk waters of the Caspian could exceed Saudi Arabia’s Oilmen reckon great discoveries are never easy or geographically convenient. The Kashagan oil field offshore Atyrau in the Kazakh waters of the Caspian, arguably […]

January 1, 2000

Headline: Kashagan set to shift balance of oil power
Source: Euromoney
Date: January 2002

       
Pipeline in Atyrau: reserves in the Kazahk waters
of the Caspian could exceed Saudi Arabia’s
Oilmen reckon great discoveries are never easy or geographically convenient. The Kashagan oil field offshore Atyrau in the Kazakh waters of the Caspian, arguably the most important find since World War II, certainly fits that bill.

Complicated logistics, icebergs, Siberian gales, tidal shifts, shallow waters and environmental considerations make Kashagan one of the most difficult discoveries ever attempted.





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