Mangistaumunaigas fines for wastewater injection, drilling waste and furnace emissions (Mangystau, 2024)
On 4 December 2024 the Karakiya District Court fined the KazMunayGas–CNPC joint venture Mangistaumunaigas KZT 31 billion after prosecutors said it had discharged wastewater into subsoil layers and accumulated drilling waste without established limits; a further KZT 1.2 billion fine for furnace emissions followed on 11 December. The company said it would challenge both.
KZT 31bn (Karakiya District Court, 4 December 2024) plus KZT 1.2bn (11 December 2024); total as stated by the prosecutor.
Status As of January 2025: the company said it would seek Supreme Court review of the KZT 31 billion fine and had appealed the KZT 1.2 billion fine; later outcomes are not on record.
- Kazakh state — Fines totalling about KZT 32.2 billion, subject to the company's challenges Orda.kz
- Mangistaumunaigas (KazMunayGas 50%, CNPC 50%) — Fined KZT 31 billion and KZT 1.2 billion in December 2024 Orda.kz
- Subsoil layers and air in the Karakiya district — Wastewater discharged into subsoil layers, drilling waste accumulated without limits and furnace emissions in excess of limits, according to the prosecutor's office; volumes not stated BES.media
What happened
The Mangystau Region Prosecutor's Office said Mangistaumunaigas JSC (MMG), a 50/50 joint venture of KazMunayGas and CNPC, discharged wastewater into subsoil layers and accumulated drilling waste without established limits, and separately emitted excess pollutants from oil-heating furnaces. On 4 December 2024 the Karakiya District Court fined the company KZT 31 billion under article 328 of the Code of Administrative Offences (violation of permissible anthropogenic impact norms). On 11 December 2024 a first-instance court fined it KZT 1.2 billion for the furnace emissions. The prosecutor announced the fines on 13 January 2025, with a total of about KZT 32.2 billion.
On 14 January 2025 the company said it would seek review and annulment of the 4 December ruling by the Supreme Court, and an appeal against the KZT 1.2 billion fine was filed with the Mangystau Regional Court. The company's statement focused on procedure. The court that imposed the KZT 1.2 billion fine, the period of the violations and the volumes of wastewater injected or waste accumulated are not stated.
- 2024Karakiya District Court fines MMG KZT 31bn (4 Dec); first-instance court fines it KZT 1.2bn for furnace emissions (11 Dec)
- 2025Prosecutor announces fines totalling about KZT 32.2bn (13 Jan); company says it will seek Supreme Court review and has appealed the KZT 1.2bn fine (14 Jan)
What was said
Where accounts differ
Each party's account, side by side, with its source. The record does not settle these points; it shows them.
Fined MMG KZT 31 billion (4 December 2024) and KZT 1.2 billion (11 December 2024).
BES.mediaWill seek review and annulment of the 4 December ruling by the Supreme Court; appealed the 11 December ruling.
BES.mediaHow it looked
Shown
Recorded
- KZT 31 billion fine under article 328 of the Code of Administrative Offences, Karakiya District Court, 4 December 2024.
- KZT 1.2 billion fine for furnace emissions, first-instance court, 11 December 2024.
- Total of about KZT 32.2 billion, as stated by the prosecutor; ownership 50/50 KazMunayGas and CNPC.
Who gained
Reached nature or the ground
Gained elsewhere
Responses on record
- Mangistaumunaigas (14 January 2025): Will seek review and annulment of the 4 December ruling by the Supreme Court and has appealed the 11 December ruling; the statement focused on procedure. · BES.media
In court and with insurers
Lawsuits and rulings
- 2024–2024Claimant wonKZT 31bn fine, article 328 Code of Administrative OffencesMangystau Prosecutor's Office v. Mangistaumunaigas (wastewater injection and drilling waste)Karakiya District Court · Administrative · Mangystau Region Prosecutor's Office → Mangistaumunaigas JSC
Ruling of 4 December 2024; the company said it was preparing a petition to the Supreme Court for review. BES.media
- 2024–2024OngoingKZT 1.2bn fine, 11 December 2024; under appealMangystau Prosecutor's Office v. Mangistaumunaigas (furnace emissions)First-instance court (not named); appeal to Mangystau Regional Court · Administrative · Mangystau Region Prosecutor's Office → Mangistaumunaigas JSC
Fine for excess pollutant emissions from oil-heating furnaces; an appeal to the Mangystau Regional Court was filed. BES.media
Insurers
What nature saw
Nature's report opens this page. Below: further outcomes measured on the ground.
What we don't know
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Money
- None on record Remediation or restoration funded by the fines — None on record.
Accounts
- Disputed Whether the fines stand
Record
- Not disclosed Not disclosed: volumes of wastewater injected or drilling waste accumulated.
- Not disclosed Not disclosed: the court that imposed the KZT 1.2 billion fine, and the period of the violations.
- None on record None on record: insurance cover or payments.
Did the harm stop?
None on record.
Who paid?
Payment status of the KZT 31 billion and KZT 1.2 billion fines is not on record; the company said in January 2025 that it would challenge them.
Sources
Press and investigations
- Mangistaumunaigas fined 32 bn tenge (in Russian)BES.media · 2025-01-13
- Mangistaumunaigas will seek annulment of billion-tenge fines in the courts (in Russian)BES.media · 2025-01-14
- KMG and CNPC Joint Venture Fined 32 billionOrda.kz · 2025-01-13
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