Bonatti said it was awarded a pipeline contract in western Kazakhstan for a project that will transport fluids from Tengiz and Korolev oil fields to a processing facility.
Bonatti said it was awarded a pipeline contract in western Kazakhstan for a project that will transport fluids from Tengiz and Korolev oil fields to a processing facility.
The area 51 contract awarded by operator Tengizchevroil (TCO) includes the construction and pre-commissioning of about 377 km of various diameters pipelines, Bonatti said in a statement.
The pipelines are for the integrated Future Growth Project-Wellhead Pressure Management Project (FGP-WPMP), which is designed to further increase total daily production from the Tengiz reservoir and maximize the ultimate recovery of resources.
The FGP will use state-of-the-art sour gas injection technology, successfully developed and proven during TCO’s previous expansion in 2008, to increase daily crude oil production from Tengiz by approximately 260,000 barrels per day.
Meanwhile, the WPMP maximizes the value of existing TCO facilities by extending the production plateau and keeping existing plants producing at full capacity. First oil is planned for 2022.
Bonatti’s major partner in the contract is local firm Montazhspetsstroy. Chevron holds a 50 percent interest in Tengizchevroil (TCO), which operates the Tengiz and Korolev oil fields.
“Kazakhstani content development is one of the highest priorities for our client Tengizchevroil,” said Bonatti chairman, Paolo Ghirelli. “Bonatti supports Tengizchevroil’s goal to achieve maximum use of the country’s resources. I am pleased that our partner in this contract is a Kazakhstani company MontazhSpetsStroy which has been on Kazakhstan’s market since 1994. The work to be executed as part this contract is a key element on the path to achieve our commitment to the Republic of Kazakhstan.”
Located in an operational field, the activities will be executed in particularly challenging conditions such as brownfield and characterized by an elevated number of crossings which is estimated to be about 3,800 between pipelines, buried cables, areal cables and roads.
Source: Pipeline ME
