Seeking to gain a stake in the country’s second-largest oil field, the Republic of Kazakhstan has turned to its longtime outside counsel at Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle for advice amid a two-year dispute with an international consortium of energy giants over what is known as the Karachaganak Petroleum Operating project.

British oil major BG Group and Italian energy giant Eni each own 32.5 percent stakes in the operations of the Karachaganak field, which produces gas condensate and is located in northwestern Kazakhstan near the former Soviet Republic’s border with Russia. Chevron owns a 20 percent stake in the project, and Russia’s Lukoil holds the remaining 15 percent.

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