MOSCOW, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's Kashagan oilfieldmay produce up to 11 million tonnes (221,000 barrels per day) in2017 in the absence of major technical faults, the EnergyMinistry said on Tuesday in a written response to Reuters.
"The forecast for Kashagan oil production is between 4 and 8million tonnes. However... in the absence of technologicalcomplications, Kazakhstan expects Kashagan's output at 11million tonnes," the ministry said about the 2017 plans.
(Reporting by Alla Afanasyeva; writing by Vladimir Soldatkin.Editing by Jane Merriman)
