Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Berdybek Saparbayev has visited Berezovka village located just several kilometers away from the major oil and gas field Karachaganak, where emissions of hydrogen sulfide took place shortly before the incident.
Kazakhstan’s president Nursultan Nazarbayev expressed concern about the development of the Kashagan oil field during his meeting with the CEO of Italian Eni Claudio Descalzi.
Losses from the forthcoming two-year suspension of the Kashagan oilfield development project in Kazakhstan are estimated at two billion dollars in the least.
Italian energy major Eni's CEO Paolo Scaroni has been placed under investigation over alleged bribes paid to win contracts in Algeria, the company said on Thursday, denying any involvement in the scandal.
Early May Сorriere della Sera, an Italian newspaper, ran a material that Milan Prosecutor Office reportedly suspects Eni of bribing at the time of signing the deal on development of the Kashagan oilfield.
Kazakhstan Oil and Gas Ministry considers foreign media's accusing of Eni company of bribery during signing of contracts on Kashagan oil and gas field an internal battle between participants of the project.