High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Kashagan Field is an offshore oil field located in Kazakhstan. The field is situated in the northern part of the Caspian Sea close to the Kazakhstan city of Atyrau. The field was discovered in 2000 and was one of the larger discoveries in that decade, it is estimated that the Kashagan Field has commercial reserves from 9 billion barrels (1.4?109 m3) to 16 billion barrels (2.5?109 m3) of oil. The field is offshore in a harsh environment, where sea ice is present in the winter and temperatures from -35 °C (-31 °F) to 40 °C (104 °F) can be encountered. Commercial production is expected to start by the end of 2012, according to Kairgeldy Kabyldin, the chief executive of Kazakhstan's state oil and gas company KazMunaiGas. It has been designated as the main source of supply for the Kazakhstan-China oil pipeline. Kashagan is considered the world's largest discovery in the last 30 years, combined with the Tengiz Field. Данное издание представляет...