Atyrau Oil & Gas
Karachaganak: Operation Results of the Year
#2 (80), April 2013 special issue
Karachaganak Petroleum Operating B.V. (KPO), developing the Karachaganak oil and gas condensate field in Western Kazakhstan, has announced the operation results of 2012. Last year KPO produced 139.5 million barrels of oil equivalent of stabilised and unstabilised liquid hydrocarbons, gas and fuel gas. 8.6 million cubic meters of sour dry gas were re-injected to maintain reservoir pressure, which is approximately 49% of the total volume of produced gas.The volume of gas flaring was a mere 0.13% of the total volume of gas produced. More than 1 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions have been eliminated. As a result of KPO’s efforts to substitute foreign specialists, today, local employees make up 93% of the total staff.
PetroKazakhstan - a Corporate Citizen in the Republic
#2 (80), April 2013 special issue
The yield of light oil products also increased. During 2012 the experts of PetroKazakhstan Oil Products made extensive efforts to improve the quality of refinery products. The preparation for the Shymkent refinery modernization program to cover the construction of 7 new process units and the reconstruction of 3 existing process units is ongoing. The purpose of the Refinery Modernization and Reconstruction Project is to start producing oil products to Euro-4 and Euro-5 standards and to increase the conversion depth and the yield of light oil products.
Sakhalin Island: A Success Story
#2 (80), April 2013 special issue
Sakhalin Island, Russia: recently, this place has gone through a dramatic transformation that would seem unimaginable just fifteen years ago. This island with an ailing economy, located far away from the traditional of economic and industrial centres, has turned into a showcase of state-of-the-art technology, innovation and rapid socioeconomic development.
AtyrauNefteMash LLP: Reliability of Equipment and Reputation
#2 (80), April 2013 special issue
The history of AtyrauNefteMash mechanical engineering plant started during the first quarter of the last century, when a new plant was established on the basis of mechanical workshops previously used to service waterborne and railway transport. This new plant launched production of equipment for petroleum operations.
Highly efficient technologies for enhancing oil recovery and wells workover
#2 (80), April 2013 special issue
The total forecasted recoverable resources of hydrocarbons in Kazakhstan are estimated at 17 billion tons, of them 8 billion tons fall on offshore fields. The main growth of oil production in the country will be provided by offshore fields, while the majority of oil fields being developed on land have already reached their maximal level of annual production. So, further growth of onshore production is connected basically with intensification of Теngiz and Каrachaganak fields’ development. Therefore, the situation with the development of the Kazakhstan sector of the Caspian Sea is a key one for Kazakhstan.
Reliable Communication at the Islands
#2 (80), April 2013 special issue
Telecommunication company ASTEL has been providing communication services at the North Caspian project’s facilities, including artificial islands for eight years already. The company’s services meet both international standards and high demands of the operator of Kashagan project. The work at the legendary Kashagan has become a stimulus for ASTEL to accustom international standards, develop a wide spectrum of services, introduce ISO and OHSAS certification and continuously improve the professional skills of its employees.Kirill Yelantsev, ASTEL’s Head of International Projects Division, shares the nuances of work with NCPOC in an interview to Petroleum.
Tengizchevroil: 2011 Year in Review
#2 (74), April 2012 special issue
Last year Tengizchevroil focused on celebrating the successes and growth it has experienced as a country and company during the first 20 years of statehood and since oil was first produced in Tengiz in April 1991.
Kashagan: Giant Project for the Benefit of Kazakhstan
#2 (74), April 2012 special issue
This is precisely how zhyrau Kashagan Kurzhimanuly, after whom one of the world’s largest oil field was named, wanted to see his land. After a difficult and sorrowful life, could he have imagined that, many decades later, his name would be linked with the country's hopes and aspirations to join the ranks of the world's leading suppliers of energy resources?
AtyrauNefteMash LLP: Reliability of Equipment and Reputation
#2 (74), April 2012 special issue
The history of AtyrauNefteMash mechanical engineering plant started during the first quarter of the last century, when a new plant was established on the basis of mechanical workshops previously used to service waterborne and railway transport. This new plant launched production of equipment for petroleum operations.
Subsoil Users' Forum: Lessons of the Past, Conclusions for the Future
#2 (74), April 2012 special issue
GRATA Law Firm will organize the IV AnnualForum of subsoil users in Kazakhstan. The event will take place on 4 May 2012 in Almaty. The topic of the Forum will be "Crisis: Lessons from the past, conclusions for the future".
Interteach Has Opened a New Clinic in Atyrau
#2 (74), April 2012 special issue
The company Interteach Medical Аssistance, within the frames of expansion and improvement of a spectrum of rendered services, has opened a new clinic in Atyrau with a total area of 2100 sq. m. located at the address: Vladimirskogo Street, 98 A.