Pipeline Shipments from Kashagan Fall with Unplanned Maintenance
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Pipeline shipments from Kazakhstan's giant Kashagan project have decreased since Oct. 6 as unplanned maintenance caused a decline in oil and gas condensate production.
Kashagan oil is a major component of CPC Blend crude, which is shipped via the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) system. The field is developed by a consortium that includes Eni, ExxonMobil, CNPC, Royal Dutch Shell, Total, Inpex and Kazakh state energy firm KazMunayGaz.
Two industry sources said that daily production at Kashagan had fallen to 40,300 tonnes (294,000 barrels) on average from 50,000 tonnes (365,000 barrels) in early October.
The sources said the drop in production followed a loss of pressure at one compressor and subsequent maintenance.
The ministry later confirmed the scale of the production decline, saying it had fallen by 75,000-80,000 barrels per day during the maintenance. The ministry told Reuters the repairs were completed Tuesday and work to recover production to 395,000-400,000 bpd have been under way.
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