哈萨克斯坦卡沙干大油田达到设计原油产量

据俄罗斯油气网2月28日阿斯塔纳报道，法国道达尔公司上游业务负责人阿尔诺·布鲁亚克说，根据普氏能源资讯，哈萨克斯坦位于里海地区的卡沙干大油田的原油产量已达到了38万桶/天的第一阶段产能，这个项目的合作伙伴们计划在2019年将原油产量稳定在这一水平上。

由于油藏的复杂性，这一具有技术挑战性的项目在2016年底重新投产后，曾多次推迟达到此前37万桶/天的产量目标。

哈萨克斯坦能源部长Kanat Bozumbayev在去年10月曾表示，这个项目可能在2019年年中达到设计的第一阶段产量水平，卡沙干大油田此前计划在4月至5月进行为期45天的大型维护作业。

但布鲁亚克的评论表明，卡沙干大油田的原油产量已经超过了这些计划。

然而，这个产量水平并不稳定，开发这个项目的合作伙伴们现在正专注于如何优化这个油田的原油生产。布鲁亚克说：“今年稳定的石油产量是卡沙干大油田面临的挑战。合作伙伴们目前正在寻找优化生产成本和效率的方法并预计下一阶段的开发。”

李峻   编译自   俄罗斯油气网

原文如下：

Total: Kazakh Kashagan reaches designed crude oil output, stable levels is challenge

Neftegaz.RU. According to Platts, Crude oil production at the giant Kashagan field in the Kazakhstan's sector of the Caspian Sea has reached its full 1st stage capacity of 380,000 b/d, as the project's partners aim to stabilize output at this level in 2019, Total's upstream chief Arnaud Breuillac said.

The technically challenging project has seen numerous delays in reaching its previous output target of 370,000 b/d due to the complexity of the reservoir, after the field was re-launched in late

Kazakhstan's energy minister Kanat Bozumbayev said in October that the project was likely to reach the 1st stage designed level in mid-2019, after a major 45-day maintenance work scheduled for April-May.

But Breuillac's comments indicate that production has already exceeded these plans. ?We're already producing 380,000 b/d... which corresponds to the maximum capacity [of the 1st stage],? Breuillac told reporters on the sidelines of the IP Week conference.

That level, however, has not been stable and the consortium developing the project is now focusing on how ?optimize? production. ?Reaching stable oil production at plateau [in 2019] -- this is the challenge for Kashagan,? Breuillac said. The partners are now looking into ways to optimize production costs and efficiency, and to anticipate the next phase of the development, he said.