United States
| Name | Foreign Partners | Reserves (proved + possible) | Investment | Status |
| Aktobe Preussag | Preussag Gmbh (Germany) 50.0% | Exploring near Zharkamys | ||
| Anako | Nafta a.s. (Slovakia) | Producing 1,390 bbl/d 8/98 | ||
| Arman | Oryx (US) 50.0%. Oryx merged with Kerr-McGee | Producing 4,750 bbl/d 8/98; 5 new wells next 2-3 years | ||
| CNPC/Uzenmunaigaz | CNPC (China) 50% | Est. oil reserves 2.5 billion barrels | $1 billion 1st 5 years | Developing Uzen & Aktyubinsk fields |
| Demunai | Caesar Oil (US) 50.0% | Developing fields Aktobe Oblast | ||
| Embavedoil Onshore |
MOL Rt, Vegyepszer (Hungary) combined 49.0% | Producing 220 bbl/d 8/98; Vegyepszer may pull out | ||
| Gyural | Urals Trading (Cyprus) | Producing 365 bbl/d 8/98 | ||
| Hurricane-Kumkol | Hurricane (Canada) | Producing 41,000 bbl/d 8/98 | ||
| Karakudukmunai | American-Turkish Central Asia Guernsey 50.0% (JV with Chaparral/Turkish investors) | Est. oil reserves over 70 million barrels | Producing 220 bbl/d 8/98 | |
| KazakhOil-Telf | Telf AG (Switzerland) | Producing 580 bbl/d 8/98 | ||
| Kazgermunai | Veba Oel (Germany) 25.0%; EEG (Germany) 17.5%; IFC 7.5% | Est. oil reserves 100 million barrels | $300 million | Producing 1,170 bbl/d 8/98 |
| Kazpromstavba | Prumsylove Stavitelstvi (Czech Republic) 31.0% | Developing Kara-Arna field | ||
| Kazturkmunai | TPAO (Turkey) 49.0% | Producing 1,100 bbl/d 8/98 | ||
| Kumkol-Lukoil | Lukoil (Russia) | Est. oil reserves over 600 million barrels | Producing 17,010 bbl/d 8/98 | |
| Kuatamlonmunai | Amlon (UK) 50.0% | Developing Bektas-Konys field | ||
| Matin | FIOC | Producing 3,360 bbl/d 8/98 | ||
| Steppe Leopard | Snow Leopard Resources (Canada) 45%; Snow Leopard International (5%) | Est. oil reserves 100 million barrels | Developing Teplovsko-Tokareyev fields | |
| Svetlandoil | Producing 290 bbl/d 8/98 | |||
| Tasbulat Oil | Gendor (Cyprus) | Developing Tasbulat field | ||
| Tenge | Anglo-Dutch (US) | Est. oil reserves 500 million barrels; 1 trillion cubic feet gas | Developing Tenge field | |
| TengizChevroil (TCO) | Chevron (US) 45%; Mobil (US), 25%; LukArko (Russia), 5% | Est. oil reserves 6-9 billion barrels | $20 billion over 40 years | Producing 182,000 bbl/d 8/98 |
| Turan | Vega-D Geophysical (Canada) 25%; Technoeko (Canada) 25% | Developing Kzylkiya, Maybulak, Aryskum fields | ||
| Zhetbay-Quest | Quest (UK), Mannai (Qatar) | Well rehab at Zhetbay field |
Other Oil Projects in Kazakhstan
| Name | Foreign Partners | Reserves (proved + possible) | Investment | Status |
| American International Petroleum Corporation (AIPC) - Exploration License | AIPC (US) 70.0% | Est. oil/gas reserves 3.8 billion barrels oil equivalent | Seismic work done - drilling Altai No. 1 test well | |
| Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) | Russia 24%; Kazakhstan 19%; Chevron (US) 15%; LukArco (Russia/United States) 12.5%; Mobil (US) 7.5%; Rosneft-Shell (Russia-U.K./Netherlands) 7.5%; Oman 7%, BG (U.K.) 2%; Agip (Italy) 2%; Kazakhstan Pipeline Ventures (Kazakhstan) 1.75%; and Oryx (United States) 1.75% | $2.3 billion | Construction underway; 1st flows mid-2001. Ultimate capacity 1.34 million barrels/day | |
| Ertismunai
Onshore (NE Kazakhstan) |
IPI (US) 50.0%; Kuat Holding (Kazakh) 50.0% Leah Industries has letter intent to buy IPI share | Est. oil reserves 4.0 billion barrels | ||
| Karachaganak PSA | Agip (Italy) 32.5%; BG (UK) 32.5%; Texaco (US) 20.0%; Lukoil (Russia) 15% | Est. oil reserves 2 billion barrels; est. gas reserves 28 trillion cubic feet | $6 billion over 40 years | Developing Karachaganak gas field |
| Karazhanbasmunai | Nations Energy | Producing 10,300 bbl/d 8/98 | ||
| OKIOC (Offshore Kazakhstan International Operating Company) PSA Signed November 1997 | Agip (14.28%), BG (14.28%), BP/Statoil (14.28%), Mobil (14.28%), Royal Dutch/Shell (14.28%), Total (14.28%), Inpex (7.14%), Phillips (7.14%) | Est. oil reserves 40 billion barrels | Drilling spring 1999; Production could begin 2004-2005 | |
| Mertvyi Kultuk PSA/ Ostrovnaya
|
Exxon (US) 50%; Oryx (US) 50%; Oryx merged with Kerr-McGee | Est. oil reserves 150 million barrels | First exploratory well by a western company in the Kazakh portion of the Caspian sea. Ostrovnaya prospect spudded due to lack of infrastructure | |
| Munai NPTs | Producing 440 bbl/d 8/98 | |||
| Temir PSA | Shell (UK/Netherlands) 60%; Veba Oil (Germany) 40% | Est. oil reserves 300 million barrels | $25 million | Veba bought out Elf's share in 1995 |
| Tulparmunai | Mobil (US) 25%; Shell (UK/Netherlands) 25%; Japan Petroleum (Japan) 12.5%; Sumitomoto (Japan) 12.5% | Exploration blocks 2 & 3 Aktobe oblast | ||
| Exploration/Field Concession | Partex 50%; Union Texas (US) 37.5%; Oman Oil (Oman) 12.5% | Developing block in Mangistau Oblast | ||
| Exploration/Field Concession | Amoco (US); TPAO (Turkey) | Developing block in Aktobe Oblast | ||
| Exploration/Field Concession | Chinese Petroleum Corportion (Taiwan) | Est. oil reserves 90 million barrels | ||
| Exploration/Field Concession | ONGC (India) | Concession Pavlodar Oblast | ||
| Exploration/Field Concession | Repsol (Spain) 60%; Enterprise (UK) 40% | Concession Aktobe Oblast | ||
| Exploration/Field Concession | JIT (Japan/Indonesia) | Exploration Aral region | ||
| Exploration/Field Concession | Oman Oil, ARCO, Exxon | |||
| Exploration/Field Concession | JNOC (Japan) 50% | $3.9 billion over 30 years | ||
| Exploration/Field
Concession
|
Texaco (US) 65.0%, Nimir (Saudi Arabia) 35.0% | Est. oil reserves 1.0-1.5 billion barrels | Development North Buzachi | |
| Field Rehablitation | Seneca Resources (US) | Rehab 7 fields Atyrau oblast |
