Oil production at Caspian offshore field Kashagan is expected to reach 13 million tonnes a year by 2020, Kazakh Deputy Energy Minister Magzum Mirzagaliyev said.
"Pipelines are being replaced at Kashagan slightly ahead of schedule, at the end of 2016 the restart of commercial production is expected and by 2020 output will reach 13 million tonnes," he told a government meeting.