Shakhpakhty Gas Field

Summary Information

• Operator: Gazprom
• Country: Uzbekistan
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• Type: Oil / Gas
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+++ Description

• Shakhpakhty is a gas field located in the south-eastern part of the Ustyurt plateau in the Kungrad district of the Republic of Karakalpakstan in Uzbekistan
• There are 20 producing wells on the field
• The gas produced at Shakhpakhty is delivered to the Karakalpaksky compressor station, and then through the Central Asia-Centre gas pipeline to consumers

+++ History

• 1974 - Production started
• 1983 - The Shakhpakhty booster compressor station (BCS) began operation
• 2002 - The field was closed down
• 2004 - Gazprom acquired the field & restarted production

+++ Geology

+++ Links

1. Gazprom, Uzbekistan
2. More than 315 million cubic metres of gas were produced on the Shakhpakhty field in 2013