Oil, caviare and worried eagles
The hidden costs of exploration in the Caspian
BY OIL-INDUSTRY standards, the spill was a tiny one, just 210 litres (55 American gallons). But the Kazakhstan government was in no mood to take chances and told the polluter, OKIOC (Offshore Kazakhstan International Operating Company), to suspend its drilling in the Kazakh sector of the Caspian Sea while the incident was investigated.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Oil, caviare and worried eagles”
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