Kalamkas-Sea Oil and Gas Field (Kazakhstan)

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Kalamkas-Sea Oil and Gas Field (Каламкас-море) is an in-development oil and gas field in Kazakhstan.

Along with Khazar Oil and Gas Field (Kazakhstan), Kalamkas-Sea Oil and Gas Field is a part of the Kalamkas-Khazar Oil and Gas Project (Kazakhstan).

Kalamkas-Sea Oil and Gas Field is also sometimes referred to as Kalamkas-More.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Kalamkas-Sea Oil and Gas Field

¹Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type
Kalamkas-Sea	in-development	Kalamkas-Khazar Operating (KKO)	LUKOIL PJSC [50%]; National Company KazMunayGas JSC [50%]	2002	2023	–	conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Kalamkas-Sea Oil and Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters
million bbl = million barrels of oil
million boe = million barrels of oil equivalent

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
gas	recoverable reserves	19000.0	million m³	2023	​
gas	recoverable reserves	22000.0	million m³	2024	​
hydrocarbons	estimated recoverable reserves	586.4	million boe	2024	​
oil	recoverable 2P reserves	421.0	million bbl	2015	​
oil	C1 + C2 original oil in place	2085.39	million bbl	2018	​
oil	C1 + C2 recoverable	494.77	million bbl	2018	​
oil	recoverable reserves	355.5	million bbl	2023	​
oil	recoverable reserves	630.38	million bbl	2024	​

Table 3: Production from Kalamkas-Sea Oil and Gas Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production design capacity	oil	29.2	million bbl/y	2028	​
production design capacity	oil	29.32	million bbl/y	2028	​

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Kalamkas-Sea Oil and Gas Field

Basin	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
North Ustyurt	offshore, Kazakhstan	offshore	44.9346, 49.7666 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the field(s) within the Kalamkas-Khazar Oil and Gas Project (Kazakhstan):

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