Chevron affiliate Tengizchevroil starts production at Tengiz Future Growth Project
Chevron Corp. affiliate Tengizchevroil LLP (TCO) started oil production at its Future Growth Project (FGP) at Tengiz oil field in western Kazakhstan.
FGP is the third processing plant in operation at Tengiz field, which expands sour gas injection capability and is expected to ramp up output to 1 MMboe/d. Oil production at FGP follows completion of the wellhead pressure management project (WPMP) in 2024, which is designed to optimize the field and processing plants, the operator said.
The FGP and WPMP projects together installed power systems at Tengiz with five Frame 9 gas turbine generators, added four large compression trains with additional pumping capacity, installed a new centralized control center and enhanced sour gas handling and reinjection to the field for long-term pressure maintenance.
Tengiz ranks as the world’s deepest producing supergiant oil field and the largest single-trap producing reservoir in existence. The FGP expansion aims to increase crude oil production by 260,000 b/d at full capacity.
TCO is a Kazakhstani partnership owned by Chevron Corp. (50%), KazMunayGas (20%), ExxonMobil Corp. (25%), and Lukoil (5%).
Alex Procyk | Upstream Editor
Alex Procyk is Upstream Editor at Oil & Gas Journal. He has also served as a principal technical professional at Halliburton and as a completion engineer at ConocoPhillips. He holds a BS in chemistry (1987) from Kent State University and a PhD in chemistry (1992) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).