Skarby Kazachstanu - NYT [21]

Togzhan Abdeshova relaxes in her room after work, in Kazakhstan, May 2019. Abdeshova started working in Tengiz fresh out of college in 2011, before th...

One of several salt lakes on the Tengiz oil field in Kazakhstan, May 25, 2019. A Chevron-led joint venture among several energy companies is spending...

A produce market in Atyrau, Kazakhstan, May 2019. A Chevron-led joint venture among several energy companies is spending billions of dollars in Kazakh...

A vast plant that separates crude oil from toxic hydrogen sulfide and natural gas so that it can be exported, at the Tengiz oil field in Kazakhstan, M...

A park that was built by Tengizchevroil in Atyrau, Kazakhstan, May 2019. A Chevron-led joint venture among several energy companies is spending billio...

A view of work on the Tengiz oil field expansion in Kazakhstan, May 25, 2019. A Chevron-led joint venture among several energy companies is spending b...

A crane at the expansion's main construction site fits together pieces weighing hundreds of tons, at the Tengiz oil field in Kazakhstan, May 2019. A C...

A channel and port off the Caspian Sea where equipment from South Korea, Italy and Turkey arrives for expansion of the Tengiz oil field, in Kazakhstan...

Americans involved in the Tengiz oil field project watch their kids play inside a gated village for expatriates in Atyrau, Kazakhstan, May 2019. A Che...

Employees work on construction of a rig site at the Tengiz oil field in Kazakhstan, May 26, 2019. A Chevron-led joint venture among several energy com...

A channel and port off the Caspian Sea where equipment from South Korea, Italy and Turkey arrives for expansion of the Tengiz oil field, in Kazakhstan...

A traditional cemetery on the border of the Tengiz field in Kazakhstan, May 2019. A Chevron-led joint venture among several energy companies is spendi...

John Omelchenko, a Chevron drilling supervisor flown in from Maryland, at the Tengiz oil field in Kazakhstan, May 2019. Omelchenko, known as Johnny O,...

Employees of the Chevron-led joint venture perform maintenance on an oil processing plant at the Tengiz oil field in Kazakhstan, May 25, 2019. A Chevr...

Wild horses roam the vast Tengiz oil field in Kazakhstan, May 25, 2019. A Chevron-led joint venture among several energy companies is spending billion...

A ship, one of 20 built for the project, arrives at the Caspian Sea port for the Tengiz oil field expansion, in Kazakhstan, May 25, 2019. A Chevron-le...

An early morning view of Atyrau, a city at the mouth of the Ural River on the Caspian Sea, where many residents have jobs related to the Tengiz oil fi...

A checkpoint in the area of the Tengiz oil field, in Kazakhstan, May 25, 2019. A Chevron-led joint venture among several energy companies is spending...

Employees on a refinery tower perform an inspection, at the Tengiz oil field in Kazakhstan, May 25, 2019. A Chevron-led joint venture among several en...

Technicians monitor operations from a control room at the Tengiz oil field in Kazakhstan, May 2019. A Chevron-led joint venture among several energy c...

Eimear Bonner, a Chevron executive who presides over both the expansion and existing operations at the huge Tengiz oil field, at the Tengizchevroil of...