Atyrau Oil & Gas
Secure Transmission. Security of Particularly Valuable Information
#2 (92), April 2015 special issue
Now, when it seems possible to track down any information flow, the issue of data transmission security is extremely important. Especially if you need to deliver information fast, ideally - in real-time. A secure corporate network is necessary for such a task.
The information, timely delivered via reliable channels, guarantees the constant monitoring of work that, in turn, allows you to quickly make decisions. In addition, with the continued transfer of data in real time, you can, if necessary, consult an expert on customer’s side and he will not need to travel to a site to review the available materials.
Removing Barriers
#2 (86), April 2014 special issue
From 2000 onwards, since the discovery of the giant Kashagan field in the Caspian offshore, Kazakhstan did not put into operation any other large field. A amoratorium on holding new bids for the subsoil use rights in the Republic of Kazakhstan, which was acting since 2007, was one of the factors that prevented the investment flow in the oil&gas industry. Now the government needs the foreign investment and, therefore, is preoccupied with removing the barriers for the investors
Beginning of the Domestic Petrochemistry
#2 (86), April 2014 special issue
The Company Kazakhstan Petrochemical Industries Inc. provided to Petroleum actual information on the "Construction of the First Integrated Gas Chemical Complex in Atyrau Region" Project.
Embamunaigas in Search of Prospects
#2 (86), April 2014 special issueThe Atyrau Oil Company Embamunaigas faced a serious problem of reducing its resource base. The Company will loose a part of its recognized assets due to the natural depletion of reserves. As for replenishment by new assets, exploration of new potential areas goes out of planned schedule and often leads to the results that are not expected.
Technologies for Life. 20 Years
#2 (86), April 2014 special issue
ECOS LLP Company has been present on Kazakhstan market scene since 1994. The company’s headquarters are located in Almaty. Provision of enterprises of our country with high-quality equipment for industrial and personal safety, instrumentation and automation for various industries has become the main focus of the company.
Quality Product Wins Chevron National Recognition in Kazakhstan
#2 (86), April 2014 special issue
In December 2013, Chevron’s Atyrau Valve Plant (AVP) won prominent recognition for production of the “Best Product for Industrial Use” at the highly competitive national contest “Best Goods of Kazakhstan-2013.
Tengizchevroil LLP: 2013 Year in Revie
#2 (86), April 2014 special issue
Tengizchevroil continues to have industry-leading safety results in standard industrial safety measurements such as Days Away from Work. In 2013, more than 19,000 people worked for a total of over 50 million hours for Tengizchevroil with seven injuries which required a day away from work. While this statistic is truly world-class performance, TCO strives for zero workplace injuries and is continuously working to improve in this area.
New Technologies for Oil and Gas Production Stimulation from Zirax Company
#2 (86), April 2014 special issue
Zirax Company is one of the leading CIS producers and suppliers of well-killing fluids and acid solutions. A wide range of solutions for killing of wells based on pure synthetic salts of different density, as well as acid solutions based on synthetic hydrochloric acid for wells flowrate stimulation allows to solve effectively all the issues in this sphere
ASTEL: Being Online Onshore and Offshore
#2 (86), April 2014 special issue
SeaTel USAT24 System is an offshore transceiving stabilized Ku-range antenna with the diameter of 60 cm. The system is compatible with the modems of leading international manufacturers: GILAT (Sky Edge 1 и 2), iDirect, Eastar, HUGHES (HNS), VIASAT.
Technology Service: Outsourced Services
#2 (86), April 2014 special issue
Nowadays about 90% of successful foreign companies practice such an innovative business approaches as outsourcing. Unfortunately, there is no such accurate data for Kazakhstan, but it is obvious that they are much lower. However, this figure grows every year. Indeed, the international experience shows: the future belongs to the outsourcing.
Twenty Years on a Quill Tip
#2 (86), April 2014 special issue
The Abdi company has no rivals when it comes to the stationery products industry. Its share takes up a fifth of the Kazakhstani market, assessed at 50 billion tenge. There are corporate sales departments in each of the company’s 19 Kazakhstan branches. Firstly, this allows the company to always be next to the client, and secondly, makes it possible to keep the same prices for stationary supplies in any city. When a large corporation has the same contract with each of its branches, subdivisions and subsidiaries, it can reduce its office budget by up to 30%.
Twenty Years of Joint Work
#2 (80), April 2013 special issue
Tengizchevroil JV marks the 20th anniversary of its activity. On April 6, 1993, in Almaty the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev and the chairman of the board of Chevron Corporation Kenneth Derr signed a 40-year agreement on forming Tengizchevroil LLP. The joint venture was established between Chevron Overseas Petroleum Inc. and Tengizneftegas Production Association. Since then, for two decades already ТCO is one of the leaders in the country’s oil and gas industry.
Working for the benefit of society
#2 (80), April 2013 special issue
The North Caspian consortium, developing the huge Kashagan field in the Kazakh sector of the Caspian Sea, is preparing for the start of commercial production. There is no doubt that the Kashagan oil will become the basis for energy security of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the 21st century. When we talk about the Consortium, we mean not just multi-billion investments and innovative technologies, but also the Consortium’s social commitments in the region it operates.
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.