Tengiz Oil and Gas Field (Kazakhstan)

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Tengiz Oil and Gas Field (Тенгиз) is an operating oil and gas field in Kazakhstan.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Tengiz 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
Tengiz	Operating	Tengizchevroil LLP	KazMunayGas (20.0%); Chevron (50.0%); ExxonMobil (25.0%); Lukoil (5.0%)	1979	–	1991	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Tengiz Oil and Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters
million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
gas	recoverable reserves	1812261.08	million m³	2000	​
oil	oil in place	24000	million bbl	2000	​
oil	recoverable reserves	7500	million bbl	2000	​
oil	recoverable reserves	21279.04	million bbl	2019	​

Table 3: Production from Tengiz 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	3000	million bbl	2017
production	associated gas	14748	million m³/y	2020
production	LPG	17.19	million bbl/y	2020
production	NGL	15.33	million bbl/y	2019
production	nonassociated gas	8674	million m³/y	2020
production	oil	211.7	million bbl/y	2019
production	oil	193.93	million bbl/y	2020
production	oil	211.79	million bbl/y	2023
production	oil	213.87	million bbl/y	2022
production	oil	194.63	million bbl/y	2021
production	oil	193.93	million bbl/y	2020
production	gas	16009	million m³/y	2023
production	gas	16146	million m³/y	2022
production	gas	14767	million m³/y	2021
production	gas	14748	million m³/y	2020
production	lpg	14.56	million bbl/y	2023
production	lpg	13.84	million bbl/y	2022
production	lpg	16.82	million bbl/y	2021
production	lpg	17.19	million bbl/y	2020

Location

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

Basin	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Precaspian	Onshore, Kazakhstan	Onshore	45.4741, 53.0719 (exact)

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