Karachaganak Deal elusive as Kazakhstan leans further toward Asia

    By Clare Nuttall     The key question at Kazakhstan’s annual oil and gas conferences in October – KazEnergy and KIOGE – concerned the Karachaganak oilfield. Agreement between the Kazakh government and the Karachaganak Petroleum Operating (KPO) consortium is not expected before the end of this year, at the earliest.     With for...