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Kashagan Field (Kazakh: Қашаған кен орны, Qaşağan ken orny) is an offshore oil field in Kazakhstan's zone of the Caspian Sea. [2] The field, discovered in 2000, is located in the northern part of the Caspian Sea close to Atyrau and is considered the world's largest discovery in the last 30 years, combined with the Tengiz Field. [3]
U.S. oil has been stuck around $70 per barrel for weeks and traded little changed at $68.75 on Thursday after the announcement, down from $80 in August. ... Show comments. ... In Other News.
With 9 – 11 billion barrels, Kashagan is the largest oil field outside of the Middle East. It is estimated to come on stream in 2016 and reach production of 1.5 million barrels per day at its peak. Kazakhstan is a major oil producer with an estimated total production of 1.64 million barrels per day in 2013.
Estimated at up to 25 billion barrels (4.0 × 10 ^ 9 m 3) of oil originally in place, Tengiz is the sixth largest oil field in the world; recoverable crude oil reserves from Tengiz and Korolev fields combined have been estimated at 6 to 9 billion barrels (950 × 10 ^ 6 to 1,430 × 10 ^ 6 m 3).
That’s largely why the U.S. imports 6.5 million barrels a day of mostly heavy crude, Thummel said, even though the country seemingly makes enough oil to meet its needs.
The Biden administration has bought back 59 million barrels after the 2022 sale at an average price of less than $76 a barrel, far lower than the $95 a barrel it sold oil in 2022.
The CPC pipeline transfers about 1% of global oil supply [1] and handles almost all of Kazakhstan's oil exports. [2] In 2021, the pipeline exported up to 1.3 million barrels per day (bpd) [2] of Kazakhstan's main crude grade, light sour CPC Blend, which represented 80% of Kazakhstan's total oil production of 1.6 million bpd.
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