Uzen Oil Field

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Summary Information

  • Operator: KazMunayGas
  • Country: Kazakhstan
  • Location: Mangistau region
  • Production start: 1965
  • Partners:
  • Type: Oil / Gas
  • Estimated Reserves:
  • Production Volume:

Description

  • The fields are characterized by complicated geological structure and unique oil properties, known for high paraffin content ( up to 29%) and pyrobitumen-tarry substances (up to 20%) which are responsible for high freezing temperature (+32C)
  • Associated gas is processed at the Kazakh Gas Processing Plant LLP

History

  • Uzen fields were discovered in December 1961.
  • They have been in commercial development since 1965.
  • 2022 - New deposits discovered

Geology

  • It is a multilayer field with a complex structure, where oil and gas reservoirs are concentrated in the terrigenous section of the Jurassic-Cretaceous deposits.

Links

  1. Usen fields, KazMunayGas
  2. New Oil Deposits Discovered at Uzen Field