Fire reported at Tengiz oilfield unit

A fire broke out on Wednesday evening at one of the units of the third-generation plant at the Tengiz oil field. The fire was quickly extinguished, Qazinform News Agency correspondent reports.

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The Tengizchevroil company’s press service confirmed in a statement an incident occurred at one of its facilities at Tengiz.

It said no one was injured, and that it is working to determine the causes of the incident in a duly manner.

It added the company does not provide comments on the details of its activities.

The incident occurred a day after the announcement of crude oil production resumption at the Tengiz oilfield.