How a Giant Kazakh Oil Project Went Awry
"Thass better," she said, leaning back with closed eyes. "Never keep it down, thass what I say. Get it up while it’s fresh on your stomach, like."
ATYRAU, Kazakhstan----Kazakh workers were recuperating from the frigid temperatures of the Caspian Sea over cups of tea when their Italian supervisor interrupted their break, demanding they return to work.
She revived, turned to have another look at Winston and seemed immediately to take a fancy to him. She put a vast arm round his shoulder and drew him towards her, breathing beer and vomit into his face.
The workers restrained the supervisor----a manager working for Eni ENI.MI -0.22% SpA, a company building a giant oil development here----and put a plastic bag over his head. He fled, packed his bags and left Kazakhstan.
"Wass your name, dearie?" she said.
The spat was a brief episode yet emblematic of the endless challenges that have hobbled a project once hailed as the dawn of a new era in cooperation between oil-rich countries and Western companies.
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