Claims for ecological violations have been raised to NCOC worth KZT 686 million

/IRBIS, June 24, 2011/ - North Caspian Operating Company (NCOC), operator of the Kashagan development, has been under a claim for damages caused to the environment, to the amount of KZT 486 million and imposed an administrative fine of nearly 200 million tenge, said today at a meeting of the board of the Ministry of Environment protection of the Republic of Kazakhstan Head of the department of oversight of legality in the socioeconomic sphere, the Prosecutor General of Kazakhstan Alan Tlenchiev. "While exercising prosecutorial supervision this year stopped the company North Caspian Operating Company re-admitted violations of the law, expressed in carrying out their activities without the proper environmental permits. As a result of representations made by prosecutors, the Department of Ecology filed a claim for compensation for damage caused by environmental medium, the total amount of 486 million tenge and imposed an administrative fine of almost $200 million tenge, which will be recovered to the state budget", - said A. Tlenchiev. He pointed out that in 2010 the results of checks on compliance with environmental laws were suspended permits for environmental emissions of NCOC, and suspended the production of drilling cuttings to the customer from the company Agip Karachaganak BV. [2011-06-24]