Capturing Kashagan's Caspian riches: When the hype surrounding the Kashagan oilfield discovery first broke out, there were suggestions the North Caspian Sea find could contain up to 30 billion bbl of oil

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Kazakhstan's government claims it is the second largest oil deposit in the world, and comparisons of production potential have been made with Saudi Arabia's giant Ghawar field. Kashagan's development planning is being advanced by operator Agip KCO and its partners, based on 13 billion bbl of recoverable oil and surrounding discoveries still to be assessed. Quite simply, the oil potential there is vast.