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New Project in Kazakhstan
Tekfen’s presence in Kazakhstan is getting stronger. The tem-
porary construction units of the “3rd Generation Plant”, a large-
scale oil-gas industrial plant investment at the Tengiz Oil Field by
Tengizchevroil (TCO), the biggest oil, gas, and sulfur producer of
Kazakhstan, will be built by GATE. The total cost of the project is
estimated at 76 million dollars, which includes the installation and
construction of auxiliary systems such as fire and gas alarms, heat-
ing, cooling, and air-conditioning systems and telecom infrastruc-
ture as well as 35 containers and modular-type buildings on an EPC
basis.
This project brings the number of ongoing contracts Tekfen
holds with TCO to three. Prior to this, Tekfen had undertaken a
project worth 75 million dollars in 2014 as part of the initial stage
of the “3rd Generation Plant” investment. Tekfen aims to partici-
pate in the upcoming work package tenders announced in stepwise
fashion in order to further strengthen its presence in the Tengiz Oil
Field and take part in bigger-scale industrial plant projects.
GATE, the Tekfen-Gama joint venture, has signed a contract for the “Temporary Construction Units” with Tengizchevroil, the largest oil
producer of Kazakhstan, on May 15, 2017.
TENGIZ OIL FIELD AND TENGIZCHEVROIL
Located in northwestern Kazakhstan, on the shores of the
Caspian Sea, the Tengiz Oil Field was discovered in 1979. With a
proven oil reserve of 26 billion barrels, Tengiz is the sixth largest
oil field in the world today. Tengizchevroil was founded in 1993 as
a partnership between the Republic of Kazakhstan and Chevron
Corporation in order to operate this extensive field. Today, the
company is one of the top crude oil, natural gas, and sulfur pro-
ducers in the world. Big-scale investments are carried out in the
country to open new wells, increase the productivity of existing
ones, and improve the gas processing infrastructure in order to
increase the production capacity of the Tengiz Oil Field. The big-
gest difficulty regarding the work conditions in the region arises
from the temperature gradient, which changes between -40 and
+40 degrees Celsius in winter and summer.
More accident-free days
We have good news with regards
to accident-free work performance in
April, making us proud. At the Com-
pressor and Metering Stations Project
of TANAP, the 1850-km pipeline that
will carry Azerbaijani gas to Europe,
2 million man-hours have been com-
pleted without any accidents leading to
workday loss. We congratulate all Tek-
fen personnel working on the two proj-
ects and wish them success in keeping
up their accident-free record.