Karakuduk Oil and Gas Field (Kazakhstan)

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Karakuduk Oil and Gas Field (Каракудук) is an operating oil and gas field in Kazakhstan.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Karakuduk 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
Karakuduk	Operating	Karakudukmunai (KaraKudukMunay)	Sinopec Group	1972	–	1998	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Karakuduk Oil and Gas Field

million boe = million barrels of oil equivalent

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
[not stated]	2P reserves	63	million boe	2007	​
hydrocarbons	recoverable reserves	73.15	million boe	2012	​
hydrocarbons	remaining recoverable reserves	73.15	million boe	2014	​

Table 3: Production from Karakuduk Oil and Gas Field

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	66.5	million bbl	2012
production	gas	49.61	million m³/y	2005
production	gas	150	million m³/y	2011
production	gas	110	million m³/y	2012
production	oil	3.68	million bbl/y	2005
production	oil	6.65	million bbl/y	2007
production	oil	10.95	million bbl/y	2010
production	oil	9.31	million bbl/y	2011
production	oil	7.51	million bbl/y	2012

Location

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

Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Onshore, Kazakhstan	Onshore	44.8608, 54.035 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field:

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