par energy_isere » 05 déc. 2017, 20:01
Kashagan en retard sur sa montée en volume :
Kashagan development delayed again over new output glitches
MOSCOW, Nov 13 (Reuters)
Kazakhstan's giant Kashagan oilfield will reach its planned capacity of 370,000 barrels per day later than anticipated, its developer, the North Caspian Operating Company (NCOC), said on Monday.
"I expect that we will need year 2018 to fully accomplish this (370,000 bpd) capacity, and we will study options to accelerate this timing," NCOC managing director Bruno Jardin said in a statement on Monday.
In October, Kashagan's output fell to 182,000 barrels per day (23,000 tonnes per day) from 200,000 barrels per day in September, its highest monthly output figure, sources said.
It was the first biggest fall in production since May this year and comes at time when NCOC delayed plans to ramp up output to 370,000 bpd from the end of 2017.
"Production is not really stable. It's difficult to forecast anything," a source close to one of Kashagan consortium shareholders said.
The main problem revolves around gas re-injection.
"... with the start of gas re-injection in August this year we have learned a great deal about how the reservoir reacts. Pressure decline, and hence production increase, is going to be more gradual than we originally anticipated," Bruno said.
Kashagan's output will only rise above 200,000 barrels per day if gas re-injection goes well, industry sources familiar with the oilfield development said.
All associated natural gas produced at Kashagan along with crude oil has to be utilised and should not be flared up for environmental and technical reasons. Gas produced has a high mercaptan content, which makes it pungent-smelling.
"If they don't find a way to utilise the gas Kashagan will face the gas glut," an industry source said.
Kashagan tentatively launched production in September 2013, but was forced to suspend it due to gas leaks blamed on faulty pipes. Production was restarted again last year.
The early development was fraught with delays and cost overruns that have brought total spending on the project to about $55 billion.
The Kashagan consortium includes Kazakh state oil firm KazMunayGaz, Eni, ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell, Total, China's CNPC and Japan's Inpex. (Reporting by Olga Yagova, Alla Afanasieva,; Writing by Olga Yagova, Vladimir Soldatkin, Gabrielle Tetrault-Farber, editing by David Evans)
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[b] Kashagan en retard sur sa montée en volume : [/b]
[quote][b]Kashagan development delayed again over new output glitches[/b]
MOSCOW, Nov 13 (Reuters)
[b]Kazakhstan's giant Kashagan oilfield will reach its planned capacity of 370,000 barrels per day later than anticipated, its developer, the North Caspian Operating Company (NCOC), said on Monday.[/b]
"I expect that we will need year 2018 to fully accomplish this (370,000 bpd) capacity, and we will study options to accelerate this timing," NCOC managing director Bruno Jardin said in a statement on Monday.
[color=red]In October, Kashagan's output fell to 182,000 barrels per day (23,000 tonnes per day) from 200,000 barrels per day in September, its highest monthly output figure[/color], sources said.
It was the first biggest fall in production since May this year and comes at time when NCOC delayed plans to ramp up output to 370,000 bpd from the end of 2017.
"Production is not really stable. It's difficult to forecast anything," a source close to one of Kashagan consortium shareholders said.
The main problem revolves around gas re-injection.
"... with the start of gas re-injection in August this year we have learned a great deal about how the reservoir reacts. Pressure decline, and hence production increase, is going to be more gradual than we originally anticipated," Bruno said.
Kashagan's output will only rise above 200,000 barrels per day if gas re-injection goes well, industry sources familiar with the oilfield development said.
All associated natural gas produced at Kashagan along with crude oil has to be utilised and should not be flared up for environmental and technical reasons. Gas produced has a high mercaptan content, which makes it pungent-smelling.
"If they don't find a way to utilise the gas Kashagan will face the gas glut," an industry source said.
Kashagan tentatively launched production in September 2013, but was forced to suspend it due to gas leaks blamed on faulty pipes. Production was restarted again last year.
The early development was fraught with delays and cost overruns that have brought total spending on the project to about $55 billion.
The Kashagan consortium includes Kazakh state oil firm KazMunayGaz, Eni, ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell, Total, China's CNPC and Japan's Inpex. (Reporting by Olga Yagova, Alla Afanasieva,; Writing by Olga Yagova, Vladimir Soldatkin, Gabrielle Tetrault-Farber, editing by David Evans)
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