Information Agency Interfax-Kazakhstan May 17, 2006 Kazakhstan’s Minister of Environmental Protection, Nurlan Iskakov, thinks that the residents of the village of Berezovka in Western Kazakhstan …
Karachaganak’s Sanitary Protection Zone Must Be Expanded
By Lukpan Akhmediarov Uralsk Weekly April 6, 2006 The reduction of the radius of the Sanitary Protection Zone around the Karachaganak Field from five to …
They’ve Recorded It! It’s Proven!
Lukpan Akhmedyarov Uralsk Weekly December 15, 2005 The Initiative Group of Berezovka residents are preparing a lawsuit against the company, “Karachaganak Petroleum Operating.” They hold …
Press Release on the Resettlement Survey Results
SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH REVEALS 90% OF BEREZOVKA RESIDENTS IN FAVOR OF RELOCATION In early 2005, the Berezovka Initiative Group decided to conduct sociological research to understand …
Karachaganak Accounts for Up to 40 Percent of All Harmful Waste in Western Kazakhstan
Gaisagali Eraly Kazinform Information Agency April 29, 2005 Nearly 160 thousand tons of harmful solid and liquid industrial wastes have accumulated to date on the …
The Ural is Threatened by Pollution
Amina Dzhalilova New Generation: Socio-Political Daily April 15, 2005, #15 (359) Due to environmental violations, the Ecology Department of Western Kazakhstan refused to grant the …
Environmental Dregs
Alla Zlobina Uralsk Weekly April 7, 2005 The company Karachaganak Petroleum Operating (KPO, B.V.) has become the worldwide record holder for environmental fines among companies …
Kazakhstan: Hydrogen Sulfide and a Conflict of Interest in Berezovka
L. Korina Kazakhstanskaya Pravda January 29, 2005 PROTECTION ZONE One could say that the situation developing in the village with the lyrical name of Berezovka …
Karachaganak Retribution: International Environmentalists Take Up Arms Against Major Oil Investor
Igor Ivakhnenko RusEnergy February 1, 2005 Oil companies may assess how actively nongovernmental environmental organizations are beginning to attack extraction projects in the Caspian region. …
Resettlement: On What Grounds?
Burlinsky Vesti December 28, 2004 Burlinksy Raion, as the site of one of the major oil and gas condensate fields, Karachaganak, is the recipient of …