Kashagan Oil Field

The Kashagan field, named after a 19th century Kazakh poet from Mangistau, is one of the world's largest oil discoveries of the last forty years.
The Kashagan field is located in the Kazakhstan sector of the Caspian Sea and extends over a surface area of approximately 75 kilometers by 45 kilometers. The reservoir lies some 4,200 meters below the shallow waters of the northern part of the Caspian Sea.
The development of Kashagan, in the harsh offshore environment of the northern part of the Caspian Sea, represents a unique combination of technical and supply chain complexity. The combined safety, engineering, logistical and environmental challenges make it one of the largest and most complex industrial projects currently being developed anywhere in the world.
Low salinity, due to the in-flow of fresh water from the Volga River, combined with shallow waters and winter temperatures below minus 30 degrees mean that the northern part of the Caspian Sea freezes for nearly five months of the year
Associated gas is high in sulphur and is processed at the Bolashak Gas Processing Plant

A major expansion project is under way which will be implemented in 3 phases. Each involves increasing gas processing capacity.
- Phase 1: Oil production will increase by 20-25 kbpd and gas by 1 BCM per annum. Scheduled completion is 2025
- Phase 2A: Oil production will increase by 50 kbpd and gas by 2 BCM per annum. Scheduled completion is 2029
- Phase 2B: Oil production will increase by 210 kbpd and gas by 6 BCM per annum. final investment decision has not yet been reached

**Keppel:** fabricate pipe racks and build four barges
**Saipem:**
- Construction and installation of the offshore pipeline system
- Drilling activities
- Fabrication, assembly, transport and installation of 45 piles and 2 flares, along with the installation of 16 module barges
**Emtunga:** 3 living quarters modules
**Petrofac:** engineering and procurement for the onshore oil, gas and sulphur plants
**Fluor:** Management of the onshore construction effort and self-performance of all in-country construction activities for the Onshore Processing Facility
**Dietsmann:** Maintenance activities of the onshore and offshore facilities

2000 - Oil discovery at the Kashagan East 1 well
2001 - BP Sells 9.5% Kashagan Stake to TotalFinaElf
2004 - Saipem awarded pipeline contract
2004 - Petrofac awarded contract for oil, gas and sulphur plants
2005 - Fluor awarded processing facility contract
2005 - Keppel awarded barges contract
2008 - Letter of Intent signed with Worley Parsons / Aker / CB&I JV for Provision of Front End Engineering and Design Services (FEED) - Phase II for the Kashagan Full Field Development
2010 - JBIC Natural Resources Development provides Financing for Kashagan Oil Field in the North Caspian Sea
2012 - ConocoPhillips Announces Intention to Sell Interest in Kashagan to ONGC
2013 - Kazakhstan announces it will pre-empt the sale to ONGC
2013 - First oil produced
2021 - KazTransGas signed contract for Phase 2A of the expansion

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