The Most Expensive Construction Projects Ever

Located in the Caspian Sea, the Kashagan Fields represent the largest oil discovery made in the last 40 years. $116 billion has been spent on tapping it. The operation is expected to produce over 90,000 BARRELS OF OIL per day, starting in 2017. The total amount of retrievable oil that is estimated to be there is a whopping thirteen billion barrels.Leaks in its pipes and other difficulties have caused delays in construction of the project.