Kalamkas oilfield fire extinguished - Energy Ministry

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM - The source of the fire at the Kalamkas oilfield has been extinguished, Kazinform cites Nurlybek Zhenisbek, Spokesman for the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

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"The source of the fire in blowout near well No. 837 at the Kalamkas oilfield was extinguished on March 28 at 01:05 a.m.," he said.

For now, the blowout has been stopped.

As Kazinform earlier reported, the fire had broken out at the onshore Kalamkas oilfield in Mangistau region on March 25. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev charged the Government to take necessary measures to have a fire broken out at Kalamkas oilfield localized and emergency situation eliminated.