North Caspian Oil and Gas Project (Kazakhstan)

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North Caspian Oil and Gas Project is an operating oil and gas project in Kazakhstan.

The project consists of the following units:

• Kashagan Oil and Gas Field (Kazakhstan)
• Kairan Oil and Gas Field (Kazakhstan)
• Aktoty Oil and Gas Field (Kazakhstan)
• Kashagan South West Oil and Gas Field (Kazakhstan)

Project Details

Main Data

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

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
North Caspian	Operating	North Caspian Operating Company N.V	KMG Kashagan B.V (16.88%); Eni S.P.A. (16.81%); ExxonMobil (16.81%); Shell (16.81%); Other (32.7%)	–	–	–	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Production from North Caspian Oil and Gas Project

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year
million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production	gas	9152	million m³/y	2020
production	oil	110.98	million bbl/y	2020

Location

Table 3: Project-level location details for North Caspian Oil and Gas Project

Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Offshore, Kazakhstan	Offshore	46.345, 52.67 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the project:

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