BJ
Process and Pipeline Services awarded contract by Karachaganak Petroleum
Operating B. V.
Posted: 26 February 2003
Contract calls for leak testing and lube oil flushing services
for new process centre in Kazakhstan
ABERDEEN, Scotland — BJ Process and Pipeline
Services announced the award of a contract by Karachaganak Petroleum
Operating B. V. to provide process plant testing services in Kazakhstan.
BJ PPS is providing critical nitrogen/helium leak detection testing
and lube oil flushing services for the company's new process facilities,
Unit 2 and the Karachaganak Processing Complex (KPC). The new facilities
are currently being constructed as part of the massive Karachaganak
Field Development Project.
A large onshore gas-oil-condensate field, the Karachaganak Field
is located in northwest Kazakhstan near the city of Aksai, north
of the Caspian Sea and south of the Russian border near Orenburg.
Reserves in the field are estimated at 1.2 billion tonnes (8 billion
barrels) of oil and gas condensate and 1.35 trillion cubic meters
(48 trillion cubic feet) of gas. The KPO consortium – consisting
of BG Group, Eni, ChevronTexaco and LUKOIL - has a production sharing
agreement with the Kazakh government to enhance production, which
in 2001 totaled 3.75 billion cubic metres of gas and 4 million tonnes
of condensate.
Unit 2 will process hydrocarbons from field wells and generate
condensate and gas streams. The gas will be used as feedstock for
the Karachaganak power plant that generates electricity used to
power the facilities. The remaining gas will be re-injected to maintain
reservoir pressure. The condensate will then pass from Unit 2 to
the KPC for further treatment before being transported via pipeline
to market.
The project is being serviced by BJ PPS personnel from the company’s
base in Dubai, UAE. The two-year contract, which is already underway,
is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
“As Unit 2 and the KPC are integral to the safe and efficient
processing of hydrocarbons from the Karachaganak Field , it is extremely
important that these facilities are thoroughly tested,” said
John Adams, general manager of BJ PPS. “Drawing upon our extensive
experience and patented state-of-the-art testing systems in process
services, we look forward to providing KPO with safe and effective
service on this, and future process and pipeline projects,”
he added.
BJ Services Company (BJS-NYSE, CBOE) is a leading provider of pressure
pumping and related oilfield services to the petroleum industry.
The company operates in every major oil and gas producing region.
Internationally, the company operates as BJ Services Company, BJ
Process and Pipeline Services, BJ Tubular Services, BJ Completion
Assembly Services, BJ Services Company Canada, and BJ Unichem Chemical
Services.
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