Tengiz Oil Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Chevron
- Country: Kazakhstan
- Location: Western Kazakhstan
- Production start:
- Partners: 540,000 barrels per day
- KazMunaiGas JSC (20%), Chevron Overseas (50%), Exxon Mobil (25%) and LokArko (5%
- Type: [[[Tengiz Crude Oil]]] and associated Gas
- Estimated Reserves: estimated potential recoverable reserves of 6 to 9 billion barrels
- Production Volume:
+++ Description
- Tengiz is the most deep-lying and biggest oil field in Kazakhstan and one of the world's ten largest
- Its depth is 3810 m, width – 19 km, length -21 km, oil mass thickness -1,6 km
- Hydrogen sulphide is present in high concentration in [[[Tengiz Crude Oil]]]
- The crude is exported via the [[[Caspian Pipeline Consortium Oil Pipeline]]]
++++ Future Growth and Wellhead Pressure Management Project (FGP-WPMP)
- The project will increase crude oil production at the Tengiz oil field in Kazakhstan by about 260,000 barrels per day
+++ Contractors
- **Fluor:** Engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for the restarted Second Generation and Sour Gas Injection (SGP/SGI) Projects
- **Punj Lloyd:** Offsite and utilities mechanical work comprising equipment installation, piping fabrication, erection, insulation, painting, commissioning assistance for the following areas at Tengiz, Kazakhstan : Chemical Storage, Fuel Gas Compressor, Flare, Interconnecting Piperacks, LPG and Crude Storage Tanks, LACT (Lease Automatic Custody Transfer) Metre Water Treatment
- **Kentz:** Structural, mechanical and piping (SMP) construction services, pipelines repair and construction services, and its expertise in electrical and instrumentation (E&I) construction
- **Giprogazoochistka:**
- Sulfur removal facility, sulfur recovery and tail gas treating, I stage.
- Sulfur removal facility, sulfur recovery and Tail Gas Clean-up II stage
- Additional tail gas clean-up unit, II stage
- Gas sweetening plant and sulfur recovery, I stage. Facility complex on gas sweetening, sulfur removal facility and sulfur recovery
+++ History
- 1979 - Tengiz field discovered
- 1993 - The Government of Kazakhstan established a Joint-Venture TengizChevrOil
- 1997 - LUKARCO Acquires 5% Interest in Tengiz Oil Field from Chevron
- 2000 - Chevron increases its stake to 50%
- 2003 - Fluor awarded Sour Gas Injection project
- 2008 - TCO completed a $7.4 billion expansion, referred to as the Sour Gas Injection and Second Generation Plant
- 2012 - Fluor JV awarded a contract for Wellhead Pressure Management Project
- 2016 - Wood group awarded automation contract for Future Growth Project-Wellhead Pressure Management Project
+++ Geology
- The top of the reservoir is about 12,000 feet (3,657 m) below ground.
+++ Links
- Giprogazoochistka Oil And Gas Processing References
- Tengiz, KazMunaiGas
- Chevron, Kazakhstan
- Fluor Joint Venture Reconfirmed Prime EPCM Contractor for Execution of $2.6 Billion Oil Field Development Project in Kazakhstan
- Chevron Provides Further Detail on the Future Growth Project at the Tengiz Field in Kazakhstan
- Fluor Joint Venture Awarded Contract for Tengizchevroil's Wellhead Pressure Management Project in Kazakhstan
- Chevron Confirms Agreement With Kazakhstan to Acquire Additional Stake In Tengiz Joint Venture
- LUKARCO Acquires 5% Interest in Tengiz Oil Field from Chevron
- [[[Punj Lloyd Refining References]]]
- Kentz awarded five year construction contract in Kazakhstan
- Bechtel Selected For Oil Production Facility Expansion Project In Kazakhstan
- Chevron Approves Next Major Tengiz Expansion Project in Kazakhstan
- Wood Group awarded $700million contract by Tengizchevroil in Kazakhstan
