BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 2
By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:
Three major gas projects are currently under implementation in Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan’s Energy Minister Nurlan Nogayev, Trend reports citing the ministry.
One of the projects is the construction of a gas processing plant at the Kashagan field with a processing capacity of 1 billion cubic meters of raw gas per year. Construction and installation work is currently underway at the site. The implementation of the project, according to the minister, will additionally produce about 8-10 million tons of oil in the period until 2041, as well as up to 800 million cubic meters of gas for sale per year.
“In general, the calculations ensure the economic efficiency of the construction of the gas processing plant, both for Kazakhstan and for the contracting companies of the Kashagan field,” Nogayev said.
He also noted that currently, the main gas pipelines Makat - North Caucasus and Okarem-Beineu provide gas supply to West Kazakhstan.
“But these gas pipelines were built in the Soviet era in a single-line design, they have worked out past their assigned operation timeframe, and have many defects based on the results of diagnostic examinations,” Nogayev noted.
In this regard, he said, in order to ensure energy security and the use of gas for growing demand, the construction of a looping line for the Makat-North Caucasus gas trunkline and second line of Beineu-Zhanaozen pipeline is planned.
At present, design estimates have been developed for all 3 gas projects and the practical part of the implementation is underway.
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