Kashagan negotiations can finish till the end of June, 2008

/REUTERS, Astana, Raushan Nurshaeva, June 2, 08/ - Kazakhstan hopes to finish negotiations with Agip KCO consortium's participants on terms and plan of oilfield digging of Kashagan till the end of June, 2008, Sauat Mynbaev, the Minister of Energy said to journalists on Monday. "The working negotiations are in process. I think we finish till June 30" - Mynbaev said. Earlier informed that shareholders of Agip KCO consortium on digging of Kashagan oilfield want to postpone the terms of industrial oil production form suggested 2011 year to 2012 - 2013 and now the government is preparing sanctions. [2008-06-02]