Commercial production from the giant Kashagan oil field in the Caspian waters of Kazakhstan has begun, a spokesperson for a regional operating company said. Production at Kashagan, which holds an estimated 16 billion barrels of oil, was halted in October 2013, less than a month after it started, when a pipeline associated with the field cracked open. Ainash Chengelbayeva, a spokesperson for the North Caspian Operating Company, said in response to emailed questions the field was now up and running. “We confirm today’s announcement of the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan that commercial production has begun at the Kashagan field in the Caspian Sea,” she said. A year ago, the […]