KMG, CNPC plan to start gas supplies from Urikhtau field in Kazakhstan to GPP by 2026-end

Chairman of the Board of JSC NC KazMunayGas (KMG) Askhat Khasenov and Vice President of the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) Zhang Daowei have discussed the terms of gas supplies from the Urikhtau field to the Zhanazhol gas processing plant in the Aktobe region, operated by JSC CNPC-Aktobemunaigas, Report informs referring to the press service of KMG.

"The gas supply is planned to begin from the fourth quarter of 2026 to 2027 - up to 200 million cubic meters per year, from December 2027 - about 1 billion cubic meters per year," the information notes.

In parallel, work is underway to develop design documentation for the development of the Urikhtau field.

"The issues of efficient development of mature fields, including hard-to-recover reserves using technologies to increase the oil recovery factor (polymer flooding, use of cross-linked polymer composition, drilling of technologically complex wells), were considered separately," KMG emphasizes.