An agreement with the Kazakh government stipulates a Junestart-up but the Italian is still hoping to beat this target by around three months,two company executives have vowed.
“[Development progress] at Kashagan commercial production iscurrently 99.8%,” Massimo Mondazzi, vice president for Central Asia, Far East& Pacific said at an Eni upstream seminar in London on Thursday.
“We are at the last phase of mechanical completion whilecommissioning and start-up activities are at an advanced stage.