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Kazakhstan: Chevron to Face New Fine

Thursday, April 24th, 2008 @ 05:43 UTC

by Adil Nurmakov

Countries:: Kazakhstan
Topics:: Business, Energy, Environment, Governance
Languages:: English

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Zhanna Zhukova informs the redaers that Kazakhstan’s government threatens U.S. oil major Chevron with a fine equivalent to $309 million for alleged environmental violations.

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