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Feb 20, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | Marco Silva |Rayhan Demytrie |Rayhan DemytrieBbc Verify

The owners of a well linked to one of the worst methane leaks ever recorded are to be fined more than 350 million tenge ($774,000; £614,000), authorities have said. Last week the BBC published new analysis showing thousands of tonnes of the greenhouse gas escaped from a well in southwestern Kazakhstan in 2023. Buzachi Neft, the Kazakh company that owns the well, denies this. But authorities say "violations of environmental legislation" took place.