Tengizchevroil LLP (TCO) has safely started operations at its Wellhead Pressure Management Project (WPMP) at the Tengiz oil field, with the conversion of the first metering station to low pressure, and by bringing online the associated Pressure Boost Facility (PBF).
Tengiz is located on the 2.500 square kilometer (1.600 square mile) project license area which includes the super-giant Tengiz field, and a smaller but sizable Korolev field and several exploratory prospects.
Total recoverable crude oil in the Tengiz and Korolev fields is estimated to be 1.4 billion metric tonnes (25 billion barrels) with 200 million metric tonnes (1.6 billion barrels) in the Korolev field.
Tengiz field is one of the world's deepest developed super giant oil fields, with the top of the reservoir at about 4.000 meters (13.000 feet). Tengiz reservoir is 20 kilometers (12 miles) wide by 21 kilometers (13 miles) long. The oil column measures an incredible one mile thick.