BAKU, Azerbaijan, Jul. 17
By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:
North Caspian Operating Company (NCOC), which is operating Kazakhstan’s Kashagan field has developed a 90-day action plan to contain COVID-19 spread at the production sites, NCOC representative told Trend.
“The working conditions of the shift personnel were adjusted according to the epidemiological situation. Access to work sites was strictly limited and provided only to the main staff (about 2,500 people). Additional health measures were introduced for employees of production sites at sea and land complexes,” the NCOC official said.
Thus, the NCOC’s production complex in Western Yesken was divided into two sections: a sanitary working area and a sanitary residential area. The terms of payment were agreed on by all parties.
“After quarantine regime was lifted, access to the production sites was granted subject to the successful passage of a 10-day quarantine and a negative result of PCR testing,” the official said.
He also noted that despite the fact that some of the company’s staff tested positive for COVID-19, the operations at the company-operated fields continue as usual.
North Caspian Operating Company (NCOC) operates major Kashagan oil field in Kazakhstan’s Atyrau region.
The Kashagan field is one of three largest oil fields located in the northern part of the Kazakh sector of the Caspian Sea. Its recoverable reserves reach approximately 9-13 billion barrels (1-2 billion tons) of oil.
The first commercial oil production started at Kashagan in 2016. The project operator North Caspian Operating Company (NCOC) shipped the first million tons of oil for export in early 2017. NCOC has reached a record-breaking volume of oil extraction at the field (390,000-400,000 barrels a day) in 2019.
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