Central Asian republic of Kazakhstan to boost natural gas output and enhance role as transit nation for others
The Central Asian republic of Kazakhstan with some of the world’s largest oil and gas fields on its territory and part of an infrastructure network with Russia to supply natural gas to China in competition to LNG, is boosting its own domestic gas output as well as its role as a gas transit nation.
LNG and energy engineer Technip wins contract for one of world’s largest oil and gas fields in Kazakhstan
Technip Energies, the LNG and energy engineers, has signed a long-term joint venture services agreement for one of the world’s largest oil and gas fields in the Central Asian republic of Kazakhstan.
JGC Kazakh work
Feb 10 (LNGJ) - JGC Corp. of Japan, the leading LNG project engineer, said it was awarded the front-end engineering and design contract for a Gas Separation Plant in the Central Asian republic of Kazakhstan. KazMunayGas, Kazakhstan's state-owned energy company, is part of the project to construct a gas separation plant with a capacity of 957 million standard cubic feet per day adjacent to a plant that is run by the Tengiz Oilfield company, a joint venture comprising US majors ExxonMobil and Chevron and KazMunayGas and others.
“The selection of JGC as contractor for this project is believed to reflect the clients' strong positive evaluation of JGC's track record of involvement in gas processing plants worldwide, as well as its successful delivery of a project to modernize the Atyrau oil refinery for KazMunayGas completed in 2006,” said JGC.
KBR Kazakhstan deal
May 20 (LNG) - LNG and energy engineering company, KBR of the US, has signed a joint venture agreement with NIPIneftegas JSC to establish a new engineering and support services company in Kazakhstan, the former Soviet Republic which is a big supplier of pipeline natural gas to China.
“With support from KBR and NIPIneftegas, the venture called KBR-NIPILLP, will provide engineering, procurement, design and related services for projects across the upstream, midstream and downstream oil and gas sectors, within the Republic of Kazakhstan,” said a statement. Kazakhstan supplied 7.5 billion cubic metres of natural gas to China last year and plans to gradually increase this total to 10 Bcm per annum.
