Kazakhstan hopes to resolve a dispute with a group of foreign companies led by BG (BG.L) and Eni (ENI.MI) over the huge Karachaganak gas field this year, Energy Minister Sauat Mynbayev said.
"One of the key tasks for 2010 is to bring clarity to the Karachaganak project in terms of resolving existing disputes" he told a ministry meeting. "Intensive negotiations are taking place."
Kazakhstan has said it wanted a stake in Karachaganak whose operators, in turn, have accused the government of illegally charging export duties.
