Akshabulak Oil and Gas Field (Kazakhstan)

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Akshabulak Oil and Gas Field (Акшабулак) is an operating oil and gas field in Kazakhstan.

Akshabulak Oil and Gas Field is also sometimes referred to as Akshabulak Central.

Project Details

Main Data

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

¹Final Investment Decision
²If a country or region is known to not produce any hydrocarbons in an unconventional method, this production type is assumed to be conventional

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type2
Akshabulak	Operating	Kazgermunai (KazGerMunay)	–	1988	–	1997	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Akshabulak 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	2P reserves	5241.44	million m³	2006	​
hydrocarbons	recoverable reserves	33.25	million boe	2021	​
oil	[not stated]	323	million bbl	2015	​
oil	2P reserves	265	million bbl	2006	​

Table 3: Production from Akshabulak Oil and Gas Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
million bbl = million barrels of oil
million boe = million barrels of oil equivalent

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
cumulative production	oil	66.5	million bbl	2006
cumulative production	hydrocarbons	27.93	million boe	2021
production	oil	11.21	million bbl/y	2003
production	oil	14.62	million bbl/y	2004

Location

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

Basin	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Turgay	Onshore, Kazakhstan	Onshore	46.572, 65.324 (exact)

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