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Article

28 Aug 2007

Author:
Andrew E Kramer, New York Times

Kazakhs Suspend Permits for Oil Field

The government of Kazakhstan suspended environmental permits on Monday for a consortium of foreign energy companies...led by the Italian oil company Eni...developing a potentially huge oil field in the Caspian Sea...[B]esides Eni [the consortium] is composed of Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell, ConocoPhillips, Total of France and Inpex Holdings of Japan. The state oil company, KazMunaiGaz, is also a member of the consortium...Kazakh fire inspectors said they had [also] uncovered safety violations at an oil-processing plant near the field.