ALMATY, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's giant offshoreKashagan oilfield halted output after a gas leak was detected onOct. 9, a consortium developing it said on Friday.
Repair work is ongoing, it said, without giving a date forthe resumption of production.
Output at the field, one of the world's biggest oil finds indecades, was launched on Sept. 11. A similar gas leak haltedproduction two weeks later. Kashagan then restarted productionon Oct. 6.