Agip KCO, the international consortium led by Italy's Eni that is developing the site, admitted for the first time that the first production from Kashagan could be delayed from its original 2008 start date.
"Some technical issues need to be addressed, above all it is to do with the safety of the workers," Kazakh Energy & Mineral Resources Minister Baktykozha Izmukhambetov said.
"There
