Kazakhstan fines CNPC-AktobeMunaiGas for Environmental Violations

    By Stan Rogers and Kapiza Nurtazina      Kazakhstan fined a Chinese-Kazakhstani oil firm KZT 1.593 billion (US $10.8m) for environmental violations, Kazakhstan Today reported October 1, quoting Aktobe Oblast Assistant Prosecutor Manarbek Makashev.     Authorities determined that CNPC-AktobeMunaiGas excessively polluted the air with natural-gas flaring in 2007. The company appealed the penalty unsuccessfully....