Chevron's operations have been mired in gross public health, environmental, human rights, and labor violations.

At both the Tengiz and Karachaganak fields, the local communities have long been denied basic access to information on field operations and environmental impacts. In both cases, the surrounding populations began to suffer greatly from an unprecedented variety of illnesses upon development of the fields, including respiratory illnesses, blood illnesses, cardiovascular illnesses, and high levels of stillborn babies, all of which medical specialists have determined to be directly related to the oil industry.

In both instances, it was eventually discovered that national environmental legislation was being violated, waste was not being stored properly, pollution limits were being exceeded, and the government of Kazakhstan levied fines on the projects. In both cases, the environment has been altered to such a destructive extent that the need to relocate the affected populations has become undeniable.

More information on Chevron in Kazakhstan can be found in the Alternative Annual Report