Chevron’s Huge Kazakh Oil Project to Cost $48.5 Billion

  • Company says its guidance for the project hasn’t changed
  • Development has several suffered delays and cost overruns
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A major development led by Chevron Corp. to boost oil output at Kazakhstan’s Tengiz field will cost about $48.5 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.

The US oil giant said at its third-quarter earnings in October that the budget for Tengiz, previously set at $45.2 billion, was rising by about 4% due to a slower than expected startup. There will be a further $1.5 billion of spending on the project, the people said, asking not to be named because the information isn’t public.