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February 2022KazMunayGas
New deposits of oil have been discovered at the Uzen field, KazMunayGas reports with reference to. Thus, as a result, the increase in recoverable oil reserves at this field amounted to 39.9 million tonnes (+8%).
"The adjusted volumes of hydrocarbons at the end of 2021 were taken to the balance sheet by the State Reserves Commission. At the moment, the field development project is being adjusted to take into account new reserves and plan to put them into production," KMG noted.
The agency added that as part of a detailed program for additional exploration of the Uzen field during 2017-2021, a high-resolution 3D seismic survey (368 sq. km) was carried out, the entire well stock (more than 7500) was reinterpreted, the geological concept was revised and the geological 3D model was rebuilt. Based on the results of the work carried out, the structure of the field was detailed and new oil deposits were discovered.
The Uzen field is one of the largest fields with unique initial geological reserves not only in Kazakhstan, but throughout the world. This is a multilayer field with a complex structure, oil and gas deposits, which are concentrated in the terrigenous section of the Jurassic-Cretaceous deposits.