Karachaganak-Uralsk Gas Pipeline

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Karachaganak-Uralsk Gas Pipeline (Russian: Карачаганак-Уральск/ Карашаганак-Уральск, Kazakh: Қарашығанақ-Орал) is an operating gas pipeline in Kazakhstan.

Location

The pipeline runs from Karachaganak Oil and Gas Field and connects to Soyuz gas pipeline in Noven'kiy town 15 km from the city of Uralsk (Oral), West Kazakhstan Region.

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Project details

• Operator: Intergas Central Asia
• Owner: QazaqGaz
• Parent company: Samruk-Kazyna SWF JSC
• Capacity: 0.5 bcm/year
• Length: 152 km
• Diameter: 508 mm
• Status: Operating
• Start year: 2011
• Cost:
• Financing:
• Associated infrastructure: Karachaganak Oil and Gas Field, Soyuz Gas Pipeline, Orenburg-Novopskov Gas Pipeline

Background

The pipeline's construction is rationalized by the need to provide the population of the West Kazakhstan region with relatively cheap gas from the Karachaganak oil and gas field and reducing of the region's dependence on natural gas imports from the Russian Federation. The construction was first proposed by the former President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev. The pipeline connects to the Soyuz Gas Pipeline (Orenburg-Novopskov Gas Pipeline) in the area of Novenky settlement, 15 kilometers away from Uralsk.

Related GEM.wiki articles

Karachaganak Oil and Gas Field

Soyuz Gas Pipeline