OREANDA-NEWS. July 06, 2010. Karachaganak Petroleum Operating B.V. (KPO) presented two innovative projects being implemented by the company in the Western Kazakhstan Oblast, reported the press-centre of KPO.  

Speaking at the official ceremony in Zhampity village, KPO General Director, Giuseppe Pasi, said: “I am pleased to announce that the Karachaganak-Uralsk gas pipeline that will ensure stable supply of environmentally clean fuel to more than one hundred thousand residents of five WKO districts is currently nearing completion.

“This achievement is significant both from economical and social perspectives since not only does it represent the tangible result from the co-operation between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Karachaganak Partners, but it is also a powerful incentive for the continued development of the region.  The Karachaganak-Uralsk gas pipeline is an important social project, which will support the development of Kazakhstan’s domestic gas market, as well as encourage further industrial growth by delivering much needed energy to communities within the Western Kazakhstan Oblast”, added Giuseppe Pasi.

Construction of the pipeline had been agreed by the Karachaganak partners, the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Western Kazakhstan Oblast Authorities, and a Memorandum of Intent was subsequently signed in the presence of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev.

The first section of the gas pipeline, completed in December 2009, goes from Uralsk to Novopavlovka and supplies gas to the Federovka district.  The main pipeline includes branch lines to Aksai, Burlin, and Tungush. In October 2009, KPO started construction on an additional branch, a 116 km 10-inch gas pipeline which will supply gas to Zhympity district.  This branch was added to the original scope of the project.  The total KPO investment in the project is around USD300 million.  A Kazakh company KazStroyService (KSS) was contracted by KPO to build the pipeline.

Another project presented by KPO is the construction of power networks, which will be supplying power from a newly built 54 MW Gas Turbine Power Station (GTPS) near Uralsk.  As part of the project, KPO will construct a 110/10kV substation and 110/10kV overhead line as well as implement re-construction of two existing 110/35/10kV substations.  An Uralsk-based company ELMO was contracted by KPO to implement the power networks project.

In addition, in the nearest future KPO will lay down heating networks from GTPS.  This new project will also include the reconstruction of several lines of existing heating networks in the city of Uralsk.

The construction of power and heating networks will be implemented as part of the KPO social infrastructure improvement programme.  The KPO total investment into these projects will exceed USD23 million.