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Russia reportedly sees amended to include newly identified Shmyhal said on 20 January.
reserves into production”, the report noted.
Ukraine's underground gas
participation in TAPI project storage facilities had 12.219 bcm
of natural gas as of January 18,
as "politically attractive" Turkmenistan puts up 2021. However, "Ukraine is unable to do
without considerable amounts of imported
Moscow views the idea of aviation kerosene for gas in the first quarter of 2022 to cope with
Russia participatimg in the Turkmenistan- the peak pressures on its energy system
Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas bidding for European market during the low temperature season," former
pipeline project as "politically attractive," Naftogaz CEO Andrey Kobolev said on
special envoy of the Russian President The State Commodity and Raw Materials January 10.
Zamir Kabulov told TASS in an interview. Exchange of Turkmenistan has put up The Prime Minister of Ukraine,
The TAPI project’s construction works aviation kerosene Jet A-1 for bidding for Denis Shmyhal, said that Ukraine could
officially kicked off in December 2015 in the European market, Trend news agency contribute to a more stable gas situation
Turkmenistan. The pipeline is to have a reported. for Europe by providing part of Ukraine’s
length of 1,814 km and a capacity of 30 bn A total of 5,000 tonnes of aviation underground storage facilities as a gas safe
cubic metres of natural gas per annum. kerosene is being sold for $1mn and for for both European countries and individual
"Such perspective appears politically foreign markets only, the report said. The companies. Currently, Ukrainian gas storage
attractive. The matters of supporting seller is the Turkmenbashi Complex of Oil facilities have a volume of 33 bcm, of which
security for this project earlier considered Refineries of Turkmenistan (TORC). Ukraine uses only 20-24 bcm. Foreign
to be the most challenging have lost The trades at the exchange would be companies are already storing a portion
their acuteness at this stage," the Russian held from Monday to Friday, the report of their gas in the customs warehouse in
diplomat said. added. Ukrainian territory. “However, we plan
"Everything will depend on the The Turkmenbashi Complex of Oil to negotiate with our European partners
commercial side of the issue, on profitability Refineries began production of Jet A-1 to make this process more systematic,”
of their [Russian entities] participation in aviation kerosene in July 2021. The fuel Shmyhal said. He added that the existence
implementation of this project," Kabulov is widely used in gas turbine engines of of this type of gas fund would provide
added.. civil aviation aircraft in Europe, the US stability during potential future energy
and Canada, including Airbus and Boeing crises, such as the one that has arisen now,
airliners. reported unian.ua...
KazMunayGaz announces began production of aviation petrol for
Recently, the Turkmenbashi Refinery
reserves addition at legacy light single-engine AN-2 aircraft. SOCAR and JOGMEC to start

asset joint seismic survey on land

Kazakh state-run oil and gas producer Naftogaz plans to produce in Azerbaijan
KazMunayGaz has announced a sizeable 3.3 bcm of gas and become
reserves addition at its largest legacy asset, SOCAR (State Oil Company of Azerbaijan)
the Ozen oilfield in Mangistau Region, "gas safe" for Europe together with Japan's JOGMEC will conduct
Upstream reported. a two-dimensional (2D) seismic survey
The field provides direct and associated Naftogaz plans to produce 3.3bn cubic at the onshore block of Utalga in spring,
employment to tens of thousands of metres of gas in the first quarter of according to a statement released on 31
residents of the nearby town of Zhanaozen, 2021. Prime Minister Denis Shmygal stated: January by SOCAR.
one of the first Kazakh cities that erupted “Currently, we have about 11.5bn cubic "SOCAR and JOGMEC signed an
in mass protests during the early January metres in gas storage facilities; in addition, agreement on conducting 2D seismic
unrest seen in Kazakhstan sparked after an Naftogaz plans to produce another 3.3 surveys at the Utalga block in the
increase in retail fuel prices. The discovery bcm of gas in the first quarter.” Moreover, Shamakhi-Gobustan oil and gas region.
of new reserves will extend the lifetime the GTS Ukraine Operator is working to According to the contract, 2D seismic
of the asset and employment for local create alternative guaranteed facilities for surveys with a volume of 628 linear
residents, who are known for a long history gas imports. To this end, an agreement kilometres will be carried out at this block,"
of mass protests. has already been reached to extend the the company said.
According to KazMunayGaz, a 3D model guaranteed capacity for gas imports Five 100-metre and 91 wells with a depth
of the asset has been reworked to bring from Hungary until September 30 of this of 30 metres each will be drilled at the
300mn barrels of additional recoverable year. According to Shmygal, Ukraine has block for microseismic logging and cuttings
reserves into production as a result of the expanded its gas import capacity by almost sampling. "First, specialists will prepare a
collection of new 3D seismic data, the 30%, to 35mn cubic metres per day since document on the assessment of the impact
report said. the beginning of the year. of seismic work on the environment.
The addition equals around 8% of Ozen’s Ukraine has made it past the Exploration work is scheduled to begin in
total remaining recoverable oil reserves, halfway point of the 2021/2022 heating April this year and be completed in August-
estimated at 3.66bn barrels under the season, following fears of a major energy September. The upcoming work is aimed
previous model. crisis in the country earlier this year. In at obtaining new and better data on the
KazMunayGaz noted the field addition, the country’s energy system has territories of the Utalga block, for which
development programme is “currently sufficient reserves, Prime Minister Denys a small amount of seismic information

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