West-Kazakhstan
region, where companies of the "Condensate" consortium
are located, was created on March 10, 1932 (from 1962 to 1992
- Uralsk region), and is located at the western part of the Republic
of Kazakhstan on the area of 151.4 thousand square kilometers.
This is the western gateway to Kazakhstan and the countries of
the Middle Asia.
Our region
borders with five regions of the Russian Federation: Astrakhan',
Volgograd and Saratov regions on the south-east, Samara region
on the north, Orenburg region on the east, as well as with Aktyubinsk
and Atyrau regions of Kazakhstan. Population of this region is
more than 600 thousand people.
This
region has access to the Caspian Sea via the Ural river, and farther,
through the Volga river - access to the Black Sea and the Baltic
Sea. Since the ancient times this route has been a transit route
from Asia to Europe, being one of branches of the Great Silk Way.
Administrative-territorial
system of the region represents twelve rural regions and cities
Uralsk and Aksay. There are 155 rural districts and 507 settlements.
Fields
of oil, gas, gas-condensate, borate ores, shale oils, potassium-magnesium
salts, cement raw stock, keramzite clays have been found there.
There are also numerous deposits of construction materials. Grain,
meat, milk, and wool are being produced. Industry sectors are
represented by extracting, power, fuel, engineering, and chemical
industries, as well as wood- and metal-manufacturing. There are
also companies of light industry and construction materials.
Four oil-products
pipelines with the total length of 3,094 km are crossing this
region. Highway Shimkent-Uralsk-Samara carries domestic cargo
traffic, as well as imported and exported goods from China and
Middle Asia to Russia, countries of CIS and Europe. One of the
main international railway routes - Middle-Asian (Chengeldy-Kandagach-Ozinki)
- is also there, carrying railway cargo to European seaports.
Main company
SC "Condensate" with a mini-refinery for gas-condensate
processing is located on the territory of the Karachaganak gas-condensate
field (Burlinsk district). The area of Burlinsk district is 5.6
thousand square kilometers. The center of the region is Aksay,
located 120 km from the region capital, Uralsk. Population of
Burlinsk district is 51.7 thousand people.
Karachaganak
field (discovered in 1979) is one of the largest oil-gas condensate
fields in the world. This field covers the area of 280 square
kilometers and contains more than 1.2 billion tons of oil and
condensate, and more than 1.35 trillion cubic meters of gas. Development
of this field substantially helps in the development of both local
economics and the economics of the entire Kazakhstan.
Besides
world-famous Karachaganak field, Chinarev oil-gas condensate field
in also located in this region. Currently, it is at the beginning
stage of exploration and is located in Zelenovsk district of the
West-Kazakhstan region (area 7,4 thousand sq. km). Capital of
the region is Peremetnoe town, located 38 kilometers from the
region capital, Uralsk; population of this district is 53.7 thousand
people. One of the companies in Condensate Group, SC "Uralskneftegazgeologia",
is currently performing drilling and geological works in Chinarev
field.
Region
capital, Uralsk city, is located 80 kilometers south-west of the
Chinarev field.
Seventy
five kilometers to the south-east, Karachaganak field with unique
oil-gas condensate reserves is currently being developed, with
growing extractive, processing and transport infrastructure.
Hundred
and thirty kilometers west of Russia, there is another natural
gas field with unique reserves - Orenburg field with a natural
gas plant with a capacity of 40 billions cubic meters a year.
Fifty kilometers
to the northwest, in Russia, Zaikinsko-Rostoshin group of oil
fields is located. There is also a gas-processing plant here for
preparation of low-sulphur gas.
Seventy
kilometers west of the field, there is a "Mangyshlak-Samara"
oil pipeline and Uralsk-Samara products pipeline that belongs
to "Condensate-Holding" LLP.
Fifty five
kilometers to the south of the field, there is a major railway
line Middle Asia - Central Russia.
One more
company of the "Condensate" group is located in Zelenovsk
region - "Zhaiktrans" LLP, formed for transportation
of the hydrocarbon stock down the oil-products pipeline "Uralsk-Samara"
with the oil terminal.
Oil
terminal is located seven kilometers to the northwest from Uralsk
in West-Kazakhstan region of the Republic of Kazakhstan; and is
a part of Rostoshi rural district of the Zelenovsk district.
Other companies
of the "Condensate" group of companies are located in
the region capital city - Uralsk. The history of this city began
in 1613; this is one of the oldest Kazakhstan cities. It was established
in geographically advantageous location, between two rivers -
Ural and Chagan. Being also situated in the area between Ural
and Volga rivers, this city is close to the cities of Russia -
Orenburg, Samara, Saratov. The next major city down the Ural river
is Atyrau, formerly known as Guryev.
