Tethys Petroleum Limited announced that the gas pipeline system of its Akkulka gas development in Kazakhstan had been successfully tested
The Akkulka gas development flow lines and associated tie-in to Tethys Petroleum's Kyzyloi export pipeline system have now been successfully pressure tested and this completes the major fieldworks leaving only regulatory approvals with respect to this pipeline.
This pipeline is the major part of the company's "Phase 2" development of the Kyzyloi and Akkulka gas fields in western Kazakhstan.
Work has been hampered due to the very cold weather and blizzard conditions present throughout most of January.
The current plan is to test the compressor units by the end of February following which State approval will be sought for the final commissioning of the development.
The West Kazakhstan division of the State Reserves Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan has now approved the gas reserves for the Akkulka field and the Committee for Geology and Subsoil use has now granted permission to finalise negotiations with the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources for gas production from the field.
Author:
Ksenia Kochneva
