News 2013
#3 (81) june 2013Kashagan
Beginning of the facilities start-up in the Kashagan field is planned to be done by mid-2013, as the press-service North Caspian Operating Company B.V. (NCOC) reported. «The oil production itself will start after completion of testing of all facilities. The main priority is still given to the safe operation facilities start-up and their acceptancein compliance with the highest standards, which ensure safe and reliable production process for many years», –highlights the press-service.
According to the Company’s information, the works within the framework of the first stage of the field development project go on to a full extent. Start-up of operation facilities of Kashagan is implemented step-by-step –different groups of facilities are prepared for production of hydrocarbons, containing sulphureted hydrogen. On the 25th of February 2013 one of important stages of works on commissioning and start-up was finished, when natural gas and liquid hydrocarbons were supplied to the facilities of the Integrated Oil and Gas Treatment Unit (IOGTU) «Bolashak».
All-in-all sea facility buildings of Kashagan on the island D will be the last construction facilities, which will be put into operation after above ground installations of IOGTU «Bolashak», pipelines system and facilities of the island А.