25.5 mln tons of oil produced at Tengiz deposit in 2009
20:22, 11 January 2010
ATYRAU. January 11. KAZINFORM /Andrey Sokolov/ TengizChevroil LLP developing Tengiz and Royal deposits in Atyrau oblast produced 22, 530, 000 tons of oil in 2009 that is 5, 230, 000 tons higher against the last year index.
Such significant growth could be reached due to new projects built at Tengiz: a Second-Generation Plant and a Sour Gas Injection Unit, Ruslan Kuatov, Chief of the TCO Department for Deposits Development says.
The facilities were put on project capacity in July 2009 after which oil production at Tengiz reached 540, 000 barrels per day.