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Каспинфо сентябрь 2003 |
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Название: НОВОСТИ НЕФТЕГАЗОВОЙ ОТРАСЛИ. КАЗАХСТАН (на англ. яз) Главные Пункты: * Казахстанское правительство утвердило план работ на 2003-05 годы в рамках программы освоения каспийского шельфа. * ENI планирует вложить 10 млрд. долл. в первую стадию проекта освоения месторождения Кашаган. * Правительство и ТШО подписали соглашение об инвестициях примерно 3.5 млрд. долл. во второй этап освоения месторождения Тенгиз. (19.09.2003) Полный Текст НОВОСТИ НЕФТЕГАЗОВОЙ ОТРАСЛИ. КАЗАХСТАН (на англ. яз) НОВОСТИ НЕФТЕГАЗОВОЙ ОТРАСЛИ. КАЗАХСТАН (на англ. яз) *** Kazakh Govt. Approves Plan for Caspian Development Interfax Information Services, B.V. Friday, September 12, 2003 The Kazakh government has approved a plan of work for 2003-2005 as part of the first stage of a government program to develop the Kazakh sector of the Caspian Sea, Kazakh Energy and Mineral Resource Minister Vladimir Shkolnik said. Kazakhstan will increase its ecological requirements for companies working in the Caspian region, Shkolnik said at the conference Caspian Ecology 2003 on Thursday. Among priority measures aimed at improving the ecological situation in the Caspian, it is planned to gradually clear up sunken oil wells, drilled in the 1930s-1980s in the coastal zone of the Caspian, Shkolnik said. "Of most danger are wells in the flood zone of the Caspian Sea," he stressed. He also said that as part of the state program, the natural reserve zone in the northern part of the Caspian would be divided into functional parts at which it is planned to carry out ecological research. The program also involves monitoring flora and fauna in the region. Ecological safety during the development of oil reserves in the Caspian was at the center of attention at the conference. At the forum it is planned to develop a joint plan of action to improve the ecological situation in the Caspian region. As reported earlier, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed the state program for the development of hydrocarbon resources in the Kazakh sector of the Caspian Sea in May this year. This program lasts until 2013 and will be implemented in three stages. During the first stage - from 2003 to 2005 it is planned to create conditions for the complex development of the Caspian's hydrocarbons. During the second stage - from 2006 to 2010, this development will be accelerated and at the third stage - from 2011 to 2015 - oil production will be stabilized. The first stage will be used to carry out a comprehensive evaluation of the potential of the Kazakh sector of the Caspian, to create the foundation for a single national oil and gas data bank, create the necessary infrastructure and put together the best packets of blocks for future tenders. At this stage it is also planned to hold tenders and negotiations on the conditions of contracts to explore and produce hydrocarbons and to decide on the route of an export pipeline. The authors of the program consider that its implementation will make it possible to ensure oil production in the Kazakh sector of the Caspian of at least 100 million tonnes of oil and 63 billion cubic meters of gas by 2015. According to the optimistic scenario in the state program, investment in developing the Kazakh sector of the Caspian will amount to about $6 billion in 2003-2005, about $10.3 billion in 2006-2010 and about $15.6 billion in 2011-2015. *** ENI Increases Investment in Kashagan Project Access Czech Republic Business Bulletin Monday, September 15, 2003 ENI plans to invest US $10 billion in the first stage of the prospecting of the Kashagan oil field in Kazakhstan, leading a consortium. The sum is approximately 10-times as high as expected originally. The reason the consortium gives for the increase is the extent of the project. The consortium consists of Royal Dutch/Shell (Netherlands/UK), Total (France), Inpex (Japan), Exxon Mobil (USA) and ConocoPhillips (USA). The Kashagan field is the largest oil deposit discovered over the past 40 years. In the first stage the field could yield 450,000/d barrels of oil at a cost of about USD 3/barrel. Later it could provide up to 1.2 mil/ d barrels. The production volume will make Kashagan the world's second largest oil field after Ghavar in Saudi Arabia. Originally the consortium planned Kashagan to be producing 100,000/d barrels by end 2005. Owing to the enormous extent and technical demands, the first deliveries from the oil field will be at least one year late. The utilization of the Kashagan oil field should start parallel with another large deposit in Kazakhstan, Tengiz, which is managed by ChevronTexaco (USA), and with oil fields in Azerbaijan, which are run by BP (UK). *** TengizChevroil Partners Sign Deal to Expand Operations Interfax Information Services, B.V. Friday, September 19, 2003 Kazakhstan and partners of the Tengizchevroil joint venture have signed a key agreement to expand operations at the Tengiz oil field at a cost of approximately $3.5 billion. The parties signed the deal on the Second Generation (SGP) and Sour Gas Injection Projects (SGI) on September 19. These two projects will increase Tengizchevroil's oil production capacity from the current rate of around 13 million tonnes per year to 19 million tonnes, providing significant benefits to the Republic of Kazakhstan during project execution and after their completion. "The agreement formalizes earlier understandings between the parties and resolves the issue of the distribution of taxes," Vladimir Shkolnik, Kazakhstan's energy minister, who was one of the signatories, said. Shkolnik stopped short of disclosing any details about the agreement, though, saying this could only be done with written permission from all the parties involved. Shkolnik did say, though, that lawyers of the highest order worked on the document. "The desire to advance the project has helped us to find acceptable formulae," he commented. All negotiations were conducted in keeping with the "basic agreements on Tengizchevroil" and the parties "did not breach one article" of those agreements." Tengizchevroil is developing the large Tengiz oil deposits in the Atyrau region of Kazakhstan. hareholders in Tengizchevroil are ChevronTexaco Overseas with 50%, ExxonMobil Kazakhstan Ventures, Inc. with 25%, the Kazakh government as represented by KazMunaiGaz with 20% and the Russian-U.S. joint venture LUKArco with 5%. Oil production at the Tengiz field began in 1994 after Chevron and Kazakhstan signed a 50:50 agreement in 1993. Tengizchevroil produced 13.2 million tonnes of oil in 2002. It is producing 2 billion-3 billion cu m of associated gas a year. In addition to increased crude oil production, SGP will also increase production of associated dry gas, propane, butane and saleable sulfur products. The SGI project will increase oil production and will develop state-of-the-art gas injection technology for enhancing oil recovery by injecting produced sour gas to maintain reservoir pressure. This will enable the company to pump more export crude along the Caspian Pipeline Consortium's pipeline to the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiisk. Other signatories to the agreement were Timur Kulibayev, senior vice president of the national oil and gas company KazMunaiGaz; Jim Taylor, vice president of Exxon-Mobil; Blake Koc, vice president for finance at ChevronTexaco; Viktor Pazhin, president of Lukarco; and Alexander Kornelius, general director of Tengizchevroil. http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=8502 *** |