Oil production at Kashagan is suspended for 3-4 days because of gas leak

Oil production at the deposit Kashagan in the Aturausky region has been suspended for 3-4 days at least. Kazinform reports.

They carried out an engineering operation to prepare the gas pipeline for the opening of a leakage point. The committee is going to investigate the causes of the incident. The bore holes are closed at present. They required 3-4 days to start work at the main pipeline,” the head of the department for emergency in the Aturausky region, B.Omarov said.

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