Kashagan Group Maintains Target

摘要

The group of companies developingKazakhstan’s supergiant offshore Kashaganfield has denied requesting an extension tothe October 2013 absolute deadline forfirst oil amid widespread speculation thatthe start-up date has slipped until 2014(OD Jun.27’11).“The consortium continues to target theend of 2012, and is working hard to miti-gate potential schedule risks that are with-in its control,” North Caspian OperatingCo. (NCOC) said in a statement. “It iscommitted to delivering first commercialoil production within the time framesagreed ... in 2008.”