Karachaganak oil and gas condensate field. Photo courtesy of kmg.kz
Karachaganak Petroleum Operating was fined $50 million, Tengrinews.kz reports from the official briefing in Kazakhstan Supreme Court. "An inspection showed that the company violated clause 8 of article 5 Density and permissible environmental impact and clauses 1-3 article 69 of Kazakhstan Ecological Code Permit for emissions. On February 21, 2012 special inter-regional economic court of West-Kazakhstan oblast obliged Karachaganak Petroleum Operating to pay a penalty for unauthorized environmental pollution in the amount of 7.5 billion tenge ($50 million)," official representative of Kazakhstan Supreme Court Oksana Peters said at the briefing. In November 2010 Zhaiyk-Caspian Ecology Department held an inspection in Karachaganak Petroleum Operating for compliance with the ecological legislation. The inspection uncovered that the company discharged 1.9 extra tons of polluting substances.
Karachaganak Petroleum Operating was fined $50 million, Tengrinews.kz reports from the official briefing in Kazakhstan Supreme Court.
"An inspection showed that the company violated clause 8 of article 5 Density and permissible environmental impact and clauses 1-3 article 69 of Kazakhstan Ecological Code Permit for emissions. On February 21, 2012 special inter-regional economic court of West-Kazakhstan oblast obliged Karachaganak Petroleum Operating to pay a penalty for unauthorized environmental pollution in the amount of 7.5 billion tenge ($50 million)," official representative of Kazakhstan Supreme Court Oksana Peters said at the briefing.
In November 2010 Zhaiyk-Caspian Ecology Department held an inspection in Karachaganak Petroleum Operating for compliance with the ecological legislation. The inspection uncovered that the company discharged 1.9 extra tons of polluting substances.