Tengiz Oil and Gas Project (Kazakhstan)

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Tengiz Oil and Gas Project (Тенгиз) is an operating oil and gas project in Kazakhstan.

The project consists of the following units:

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Project-level project details for Tengiz Oil and Gas Project

¹Final Investment Decision
Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID¹ year	Production start year	Production type
Tengiz	operating^[1]	Tengizchevroil^[2]^[3]	Exxon Mobil Corp [25%]; Chevron Corp [50%]; National Company KazMunayGas JSC [20%]; LUKOIL PJSC [5%]^[4]^[5]^[4]^[5]^[4]^[5]^[4]^[5]	1979^[6]	–	1991^[7]	conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Tengiz Oil and Gas Project

million m³ = million cubic meters
million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
gas	recoverable reserves	1812288.0	million m³	2000	^[8]
oil	oil in place	24000.0	million bbl	2000	^[8]
oil	recoverable reserves	7500.0	million bbl	2000	^[8]
oil	recoverable reserves	21279.04	million bbl	2019	^[9]

Table 3: Production from Tengiz Oil and Gas Project

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year
million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
million bbl = million barrels of oil
Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
cumulative production	oil	3000.0	million bbl	2017	^[10]
production	NGL	15.33	million bbl/y	2019	^[2]
production	oil	211.7	million bbl/y	2019	^[2]
production	dry gas	8674.0	million m³/y	2020	^[5]
production	LPG	17.19	million bbl/y	2020	^[5]
production	oil	193.93	million bbl/y	2020	^[5]
production	dry gas	8717.0	million m³/y	2021	^[11]
production	LPG	16.82	million bbl/y	2021	^[11]
production	oil	194.63	million bbl/y	2021	^[11]
production	dry gas	9537.0	million m³/y	2022	^[11]
production	LPG	13.84	million bbl/y	2022	^[11]
production	oil	213.88	million bbl/y	2022	^[11]
production	dry gas	9403.0	million m³/y	2023	^[11]
production	LPG	14.56	million bbl/y	2023	^[11]
production	oil	211.79	million bbl/y	2023	^[11]
production	dry gas	8669.0	million m³/y	2024	^[1]
production	LPG	14.31	million bbl/y	2024	^[1]
production	oil	203.85	million bbl/y	2024	^[1]
production design capacity	oil	293.2	million bbl/y	–	^[1]

Location

Table 4: Project-level location details for Tengiz Oil and Gas Project


Concession/Block	Basin	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Tengiz^[12]	Precaspian	onshore, Kazakhstan^[13]	onshore^[14]	46.1307, 53.4072 (exact)^[13]

The map below shows the exact location of the project:

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Articles and Resources

Additional Data

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References

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[autoref_1-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20221209035625/https://www.chevron.com/projects/tengiz-expansion. Archived from the original on 2022-12-09. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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[autoref_3-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20221021204405/http://www.nsenergybusiness.com/projects/tengiz-oil-field-expansion-kazakhstan/. Archived from the original on 21 October 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[autoref_4-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 ^5.4 ^5.5 ^5.6 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20230522223345/http://www.kmg.kz/uploads/reports/KMG_AR2020_ENG.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 May 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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[autoref_6-7] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20230407021925/https://www.eia.gov/international/analysis/regions-of-interest/Caspian_Sea. Archived from the original on 07 April 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)

[autoref_7-8] 8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20230520052516/https://www.danieljohnston.com/pdf/kashagan_and_tengiz.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 May 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[autoref_8-9] (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20230511175909/https://www.kazenergy.com/upload/document/energy-report/NationalReport19_en.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 May 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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