Project Profile
Location: northeast shores of the Caspian Sea, Northwestern Kazakhstan
Area: 2,500 km2
Reserves: 6-8 billion barrels
Pipeline (capacity): 1.5 million barrels per day
Tengiz field (Tengiz is Turkish for \"sea\") is an oil and gas field located in northwestern Kazakhstan\'s low-lying wetlands along the northeast shores of the Caspian Sea. It covers a 2,500 km2 (970 sq mi) project license area which also includes a smaller Korolev field as well as several exploratory prospects. The Tengiz field, first discovered in 1979, has recoverable reserves estimated at between six billion and nine billion barrels. The field was jointly developed in 1993 as a 40-year venture between Chevron Texaco (50%), KazMunaiGaz (20%), US ExxonMobil (25%) and LUKArco (5%). The joint venture company is known as TengizChevrOil (TCO). Chevron is the operator of the TCO field.
In 2001, the partners opened a US$2.7 billion, 1,505 kilometre (935 mi) Caspian Pipeline Consortium pipeline to export oil from Tengiz to the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk in Russia. The pipeline which was inaugurated in March 2001 (and loaded its first tanker in October 2001) carried 600,000 barrels per day (95,000 m3/d) with planned output of 700,000 barrels per day (110,000 m3/d) for 2010 and an eventual maximum output of 1.5 million barrels per day (240×103 m3/d). The lead contractor for the engineering, procurement, construction, management (EPCM) of the SGP and SGI are PFD UK, a joint venture between Parsons Energy & Chemicals and Fluor Daniel Corporation. Versatec Engineering provided engineering consultancy and safety consultancy throughout the duration of the project. Honeywell provided the automation for the project. The US$92 million crude oil storage tank replacement project was completed by Kazakhstani companies NeftesStroService, Byelkamit and Kazcomservice.
Tengizchevroil (TCO) approved a major expansion project that will increase crude oil production at the site by about 260,000 barrels per day. The Future Growth and Wellhead Pressure Management Project (FGP-WPMP), is currently estimated to cost US$36.8 billion, which includes US$27.1 billion for facilities, US$3.5 billion for wells and US$6.2 billion for contingency and escalation. The project will raise the total production to approximately 1 million boe/d. (July, 2016)
Operators:
Tengizchevroil: Operator
Chevron Texaco : 50% interest
ExxonMobil: 25% interest
KazMunaiGaz: 20% interest
LUKArco: 5% interest
Contractors:
Byelkamit: Crude oil storage tank
GE Nuovo Pignone: Compressor contract
Honeywell: Provided the automation for the project
Kazakh Institute of Oil and Gas (KING): Design and engineering of the wellhead pressure management program package
KGNT Holding: Design and engineering of the wellhead pressure management program package
Joint Venture PFD UK: EPC contract
Parsons Energy & Chemicals
Fluor Daniel Corporation
Joint Venture for EPC:
Flour
WorleyParsons
NeftesStroService: Crude oil storage tank
Parker Drilling Company: Drilling contract
Versatec Engineering: Engineering consultancy and safety consultancy
Bechtel: Contract to provide engineering, procurement, and construction services to build four crude-oil storage tanks at the TengizChevroil oil production facility in Tengiz, Kazakhstan and also modernize the fire and gas detection systems across the entire crude tank farm (October 2014)
Xodus Group: Two contracts with TengizChevrOil (TCO) for acoustic induced vibration fatigue assessments of its Tengiz complex in Kazakhstan. The first contract will see Xodus deliver screening assessments for the relief systems on a new high pressure steam plant, and could expand to include detailed finite element analyses of any fittings identified to be at risk of fatigue failure. The second, larger contract follows on from similar previous work on the blowdown systems for the Tengiz plant facilities. The three month scope of work will be provided by Xodus’ vibration engineering team and includes detailed assessments of various recommended remedial measures to improve the predicted fatigue life, as well as detailed analyses of numerous additional, potentially at risk, welded fittings (September 2015)
Wood Group: To provide main automation contractor (MAC) services. (August, 2016)
- the provision of optimal integrated process and safety solutions to Tengizchevroil TCO.
KPJV: Secured FEED, detail design and procurement services.
Subcontractors:
Wood Group: Contract by Bechtel to provide an automation solution consisting of detailed engineering, control hardware and remote instrument enclosures (RIEs) for Tengizchevroil’s (TCO’s) Crude Storage Capacity Project at the Tengiz Field in Kazakhstan. The project will increase capacity of the tank farm to accommodate the upgrading of the existing tank farm (October 2015)