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№ 5 (49), 2011 - KazEnergy

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actualIn the future,during the2018-19 period,it is scheduledto begin theconstruction ofthe KazakhstanCaspian oilTransportationSystem (KCTS),includingYeskene-Kurykpipeline.oil field operated in the Caspian Sea, in 2016it will produce 28 million tons of crude oil in2020 - 59.5 million tons.Should be reminded that the total oil productionin Kazakhstan in 2020 is projectedto reach 130 million tons - in fact, on theCaspian shelf will be produced half of Kazakhstanihydrocarbons.It should be noted that the shelf productionis of different technological complexity andhigh capital intensity. All the more so, theworks on the Caspian Sea are complicatedby a combination of negative factors suchas increased sensitivity of the environment,shallow water, high reservoir pressure, asignificant sulfur content in the producedraw materials.That is why Kazakhstan is interested in accessto the most modern, cutting-edge technologiesand methods of offshore explorationand production, which will improve the effectivenessof all types of work in the longterm perspective.Therefore, the republic pays great attentionto the introduction of new technologies tothe geological exploration, drilling, offshorefields’ arrangement. And international experienceshows that intensive use of higheffective technologies such as horizontaldrilling, enhanced oil recovery techniques,three-dimensional seismic surveys underconditions of development of the "expensive"hydrocarbons allows to significantly reducethe costs associated with their explorationand production.The creation of an infrastructure to supportoffshore operations is directly related withthe terms and rates of development of structuresand fields of KSCS.In 2020 only at the Kashagan field 18 islandsof drilling and production will be built,3 of which will be built in 2012 as a part ofPhase 1 of development of this field. Thereare already built 17 major coastal infrastructurefacilities on the coast of the CaspianSea, including 10 - in Bautino. Also, the"KazMunaiGas" company in <strong>2011</strong> started toimplement a project of building the North-Caspian environmental base on oil spill response,which will ensure the environmentalsafety of oil production and transportation ofproduced raw materials.The capacity expansion of the Caspian PipelineConsortium can be considered as oneof the key infrastructure projects for KSCS(CPC), which began this summer. Alreadyby the first quarter of 2015 its capacity willbe increased from 28 to 67 million tons, 52.2million tons of which will fall on Kazakhstan'squota. As a consequence, the CTC willbe a major export destination for oil extractedfrom Kazakhstan's offshore fields.In the future, during the 2018-19 period, itis scheduled to begin the construction of theKazakhstan Caspian oil Transportation System(KCTS), including Yeskene-Kuryk pipeline.KCTS will provide transportation of 25million tons of oil per year at an early stagethrough the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipelineto the world markets, with a subsequent increasingto 56 million tons.Forecast of productionof oil and gascondensate on KSCSdeposits (thousands oftons).The sources: Ministry ofOil and Gas of the RK,operator companies ofoffshore projects.62 № 5 (<strong>49</strong>), <strong>2011</strong>

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