Kashagan Field Development Experimental Programme

Kashagan Field is an offshore oil field in Kazakhstan's zone of the Caspian Sea.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.

Harsh conditions, including sea ice during the winter, temperature variation from −35 to 40 °C (−31 to 104 °F), extremely shallow water and high levels of hydrogen sulfide, together with mismanagement and disputes, make it one of the most challenging oil megaprojects.

The main development for the field operation is a structure named Island D, connected with 12 oil wells. It consists of two trains of production, separating oil and gas, delivering them to the onshore plant and dehydrating and partly re-injecting the sour gas into the reservoir.

The Island D consists of numerous Pipe Racks, a big portion of those have been fabricated in ERSAI Caspian Yard.

Project Management, Engineering, Procurement, Fabrication and Load-out of 16 Pipe Racks. Procurement of all permanent project materials required for fabrication of pipe racks (structural steel, mechanical and E&I), equipment, consumables and spares. Subcontracting of relevant services such as scaffolding, sandblasting, PFP, NDT, etc.

Company: Keppel Kazakhstan/ Agip KCO

Man-hours: 3,300,000

Tonnage: 7,100 t

No. pipe racks: 16