Emissions from the Karachaganak oil and gas field have resulted in serious environmental health problems in nearby Russian and Kazakh communities. Critical environmental information has also been withheld and local activists have met with harassment by local authorities. The oil and gas field...is operated by Karachagnak Petroleum Operating, B.V (KPO), a consortium comprising...[BG Group], ENI/Agip, ChevronTexaco and Russian oil company LUKoil...