Project Profile
Value: US$12000
Startup Year: 2017
The project will see development of a third-generation plant programme to expand Tengiz oil production, which will include the construction of a crude stabilization unit with a capacity of 12 million tonnes of oil a year, an oil gathering system, power generation facilities, and two sour gas compressors. The project also envisions the drilling of 15-20 injections wells and 50 production wells. The project will add 12 million tonnes a year to the overall production capacity of the Tengiz field.
All sour gas removed during oil processing will be injected back into reservoirs. The project also provides for the construction of a gas processing unit and a sulfur forming unit.
Operators:
Tengizchevroil affiliate of Chevron (Kazakhstan): 50% interest
ExxonMobil (Kazakhstan): 25% interest
KazMunaiGas: 20% interest
LukArco: 5% interest
Contractors:
Parsons Brinckerhoff
Fluor
KPJV