Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 38

20-September-2004

CASPIAN

Kazakhstan Reiterates Plan To Purchase BG Shares In Kashagan

Kazakh Energy Minister Vladimir Shkolnik said on 13 September that the Kazakh Government will purchase BGs shares in the giant offshore Kashagan oilfield. Mr Shkolnik said that recent negotiations in London between the government and the Kashagan consortium had not yet resulted in agreement, but that all members of the consortium positively accepted Kazakhstans...