Karachaganak Oil And Gas Field

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Summary Information

  • Operator: ENI / BG Group
  • Country: Kazakhstan
  • Location: Western Kazakhstan
  • Production start:
  • Partners: Eni (co-operator 32,5%), BG Group (co-operator 32,5%), Chevron (20%) and Lukoil (15%),
  • Type: Oil / Gas
  • Estimated Reserves: 5 bboe
  • Production Volume: In 2010, production of the Karachaganak field averaged 228 kbbl/d of liquids and 812 mmcf/d of natural gas

Description

  • Situated onshore in the western part of the country, Karachaganak is a giant onshore hydrocarbon deposit that produces oil, condensate and natural gas, with recoverable reserves estimated at 5 billion boe.
  • The operations carried out by the Karachaganak Petroleum Operating BV (KPO) consortium are regulated by a 40-year Production Sharing Agreement that expires in 2037.
  • Oil is exported via the Caspian Pipeline Consortium Oil Pipeline
  • Gas is sold to Gazprom in Russia, and is processed at the Orenburg Gas Processing Plant which is 130 kilometers away

Contractors

  • Saipem: Civil works, infrastructures and mechanical works related to a production unit and gas re-injection facilities, a process plant and a 635 km x 24” pipeline with pumping station and terminal
  • Petrofac: Karachaganak 4th stabilisation and sweetening train
    • Engineering services contract
    • Detailed engineering, procurement, construction management and commissioning support
  • Phase III
    • Petrofac: Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) study

History

  • 1979 - Karachaganak Oil And Gas Field discovered
  • 1997 - Final Production Sharing Agreement signed
  • 2003 - First liquids from new Karachaganak facilities
  • 2004 - Phase II Karachaganak development completed
  • 2004 - First exports via Novorossiysk on the Black Sea
  • 2006 - Oil exports commenced via the Atyrau Samara Oil Pipeline
  • 2011 - the Karachaganak Petroleum Operating B.V consortium signed an agreement with the Republic of Kazakhstan for entry of the national oil company KazMunaiGaz (KMG) into the consortium
  • 2015 - Gas sales agreement with Gazprom extended until 2038

Geology

Other Information

  • Approximately two-thirds of the liquids produced are stabilised at the Karachaganak Processing Complex (KPC) – with a capacity of over 150,000 barrels/day – before they are sent to western markets through the Caspian Pipeline Consortium Oil Pipeline and, since 2006, also through the Atyrau-Samara pipeline, which is connected to the Russian export system. The non-stabilised liquids and the gas that is not re-injected into the deposits are sold on the local Russian market through the Orenburg terminal.

Links

  1. KazMunaiGas, Karashaganak
  2. ENI, Kazakhstan
  3. BG Group Kazakhstan
  4. Saipem Gas And Oil Production And Treating Facilities References
  5. LUKOIL Signs Production-sharing Agreement on Karachaganak Field in Kazakhstan
  6. BG Group announces first lifting of Karachaganak oil
  7. Agreement on Karachaganak completed with Republic of Kazakhstan
  8. A new important acquisition for Saipem’s Onshore Construction in Kazakhstan
  9. Petrofac Secures Additional Karachaganak Award
  10. Petrofac Wins Contract in Kazakhstan with Karachaganak Award
  11. Award of Karachaganak Phase III Feed
  12. Maintenance contract at Karachaganak field awarded to Dietsmann consortium
  13. Sales and purchase contract for gas from Karachaganakskoye gas and condensate field extended till 2038

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