VOL. XLVII

No 13

29-March-2004

CASPIAN

Agip KCO To Pay $150Mn Fine For Kashagan Development Delay

Kazakhstans Finance Minister Yerbolat Dosayev told Russias Interfax news agency on 19 March that the Agip-led consortium (Agip KCO) would pay a fine of $150mn in compensation to the Kazakh Government for the delay in the commercial development of the giant offshore Kashagan oilfield. According to Mr Dosayev, the fine will be paid in $100mn and $50mn tranches. The original production-sharing...