Production

Tengizchevroil is a leading company that produces oil, gas and associated products that fuels the modern economy. Our history is closely interlinked with the rise of an independent Kazakhstan.

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Complex Technology Line – KTL

Tengizchevroil inherited an oil and gas separation plant when it took over operations at Tengiz in 1993. This first generation of the Tengiz plant is ...

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Complex Technology Line – KTL

Tengizchevroil inherited an oil and gas separation plant when it took over operations at Tengiz in 1993. This first generation of the Tengiz plant is called the KTLs (Russian for Complex Technology Lines). TCO has invested in expanding and improving the KTLs over the life of the operation. Today, the KTLs consist of five oil and gas processing trains and are now significantly more efficient and environmentally friendly. Started up in 1991, KTL-1 consists of two trains and has the capacity of around 7,000 tons per day per train. KTL-2, which also has two trains with the same capacity was successfully completed and started up in 1996. Last KTL train 5 was put on production in 2001 along with first oil from Korolev field. The capacity of train 5 is around 11-12,000 tons, per day.

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Second Generation Plant – SGP

TCO's production capacity has risen with the commissioning of the Second-Generation Expansion Project in 2008, which includes the Second Generation Pl...

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Second Generation Plant – SGP

TCO's production capacity has risen with the commissioning of the Second-Generation Expansion Project in 2008, which includes the Second Generation Plant (SGP) and Sour Gas Injection (SGI) facilities. This expansion allowed TCO not only to double oil production in Tengiz, but also to improve the environmental performance and increase production efficiency. TCO completed the expansion in the third quarter of 2008, which brought daily capacity to 75,000 metric tons (600,000 barrels) of crude oil and 22 million cubic meters (750 million standard cubic feet) of gas. SGP stabilizes and sweetens crude oil, as well as separates and processes natural gas into gas products and elemental sulfur. SGP is the largest single sour crude processing train in the world.

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Sour Gas Injection – SGI

SGI re-injects one third of produced sour gas back into the Tengiz reservoir at very high pressures to maintain reservoir pressure. The injection comp...

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Sour Gas Injection – SGI

SGI re-injects one third of produced sour gas back into the Tengiz reservoir at very high pressures to maintain reservoir pressure. The injection compressor is like no other compressor in the world and represents the state of the art in sour gas injection technology. SGI enables about 25% of total TCO oil production as well as pressure maintenance to reservoir.

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Tengizchevroil produces liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), dry gas and sulfur in addition to crude oil.

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Safety

TCO maintains a leading position in the field of industrial safety in terms of such standard indicators as lost working days incidents and the rate of reported incidents.

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Safety

TCO continues to achieve industry-leading safety results in standard industrial safety measurements such as Serious Incidents and Total Recordable Incidents.

Emergency Response And Oil Spill Readiness

Tengizchevroil meets the highest standards of Product Stewardship practices through managing safe transportation and quality control for its sales....

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Emergency Response and Oil Spill Readiness

Tengizchevroil meets the highest standards of Product Stewardship practices through managing safe transportation and quality control for its sales. A dedicated team of professionals focus on assessment and mitigation of potential health, environmental, safety, and quality risks for the entire product life cycle. This team promotes use of industry product stewardship best practices with customers and service providers through safety and technical audits. The Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) is the primary route for TCO’s oil production. The 1,500 km long pipeline connects TCO’s Tengiz field to CPC’s terminal on the Black Sea.TCO also maintains contingent pipeline access to the Baltic Pipeline System and rail access to an oil terminal in Odessa, Ukraine. All LPG and sulfur shipments are delivered to customers and terminals via rail transportation routes.

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Working safely is a TCO core value and everyone's responsibility

In 2021, TCO employees and contractors worked over 123 million man-hours with 10 Days Away from Work incidents...

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Working safely is a TCO core value and everyone’s responsibility

In 2021, TCO employees and contractors worked over 123 million man-hours with 10 Days Away from Work incidents. While this is solid performance, TCO strives for zero workplace injuries and is continuously working to improve in this area. Living this commitment will ensure success in fatality prevention and process safety, the two cornerstones to incident-free construction and operations.

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Actions to prevent COVID-19 spread

TCO stays vigilant, acts responsibly and is cautious about the health and hygiene of each person and uses preventive measures to keep the workforce safe...

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Actions to prevent COVID-19 spread

TCO stays vigilant, acts responsibly and is cautious about the health and hygiene of each person and uses preventive measures to keep the workforce safe. We continue to record additional DAFW/ Medical cases associated with COVID-19 outbreak. In 2022, TCO started to return to the workplaces keeping the Rotational, 5/2 and Hybrid Working methods.

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Occupational Health and Safety Management Process

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Protection of people

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Occupational Health and Safety Management Process

The Contractor Health, Environment and Safety Management Process establishes clear accountabilities, ensures active engagement of contractors, and provides a consistent CHESM program to eliminate health, safety and environment (HSE) incidents and injuries involving contractors.

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Process Scope

The requirements and activities included in CHESM process are focused on defining TCO expectations regarding contractor HSE performance, the qualification of contractors and the monitoring of contractor performance against expectations.

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Working with TCO as a Business Partner

Contractors involved in activities presenting risks to workforce and process safety are subject to CHESM Qualification to evaluate HSE Management Systems and ensure adequate safeguards are in place and functioning before starting work at TCO Facilities.

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Protection of people

TCO's work is guided by two key principles: do it safely or not at all and there is always time to do it right. Every employee of TCO and its Business Partner companies is responsible for making sure that work can be safely started. Each person has the right to temporarily suspend or completely stop any work if unsafe behavior or conditions are observed. The TCO Safe Work Practices Management Group, together with other teams, ensure that Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) guidelines and procedures are continuously implemented and maintained.

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Kazakhstan Energy Week – 2025: Tengizchevroil is the General Sponsor of the XVI Eurasian Forum KAZENERGY

Oct 3, 2025, 15:28 by Zhanar Baizhumash
On October 2–3, 2025, the XVI Eurasian Forum KAZENERGY took place in Astana as part of Kazakhstan Energy Week – 2025. This large-scale event in the energy sector brought together more than 300 participants from 50 countries. This year’s theme was “The New Energy Order: Focus on Middle Powers”, which includes the Republic of Kazakhstan — a country with a unique geographical position and tremendous energy potential.

On October 2–3, 2025, the XVI Eurasian Forum KAZENERGY took place in Astana as part of Kazakhstan Energy Week – 2025. This large-scale event in the energy sector brought together more than 300 participants from 50 countries. This year’s theme was “The New Energy Order: Focus on Middle Powers”, which includes the Republic of Kazakhstan — a country with a unique geographical position and tremendous energy potential.

Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Olzhas Bektenov, read out a welcoming address from Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to the forum participants: «We are implementing large-scale projects to strengthen the energy security and independence of our country. Our international partners make a significant contribution to this important work. Kazakhstan attaches great importance to attracting investment into the energy sector and enhancing its competitiveness. In this regard, our country, as a responsible middle power, is interested in strengthening ties with authoritative international organizations».

The forum also marked the 20th anniversary of the KAZENERGY Association.

«Given their leading positions and, thus, playing the role of locomotives for the development of entire subcontinents and regions, many middle powers are already setting trends in the global energy markets. Taking this into account, the discussions during Kazakhstan
Energy Week-2025/XVI KAZENERGY Eurasian Forum was aimed at laying out professional approaches to the whole range of tasks and challenges faced by the world during the global energy transition. The issues of world energy security,
accelerated implementation of advanced technologies and strengthening international cooperation were discussed by experts
», - mentioned Bolat Akchulakov, Chairman of the KAZENERGY Association. 

Tengizchevroil LLP (TCO), as the largest operator in Kazakhstan’s oil and gas industry, traditionally serves as the General Sponsor of the Forum. The company emphasized its support to Kazakhstan’s vision for a low-carbon future and the broader energy transition. TCO also showcased innovative technical and digital solutions currently being applied in its operations, reflecting the company’s role in driving progress within the energy sector.

As noted by TCO General Director William Lacobie: «Growing from 1 million tons of crude oil production in 1993 to almost 28 million tons in 2024. The TCO has a strong performance record of safely and reliably delivering value to Kazakhstan for over 30 years, Tengiz and Korolev oil fields, are some of the most technically challenging in the world, and TCO has been successfully implementing unique global technology solutions and industry best practices provided by its shareholders».

TCO is also actively advancing its data analytics and artificial intelligence initiatives, focusing on areas like predictive maintenance, increased efficiency, automation of routine tasks and intelligent optimization of logistics and procurement processes. Thanks to the innovative technologies and a strong commitment to safe and reliable operations, TCO was able to achieve more than 98% average plant reliability over the past decade alone (2015-2024), allowing the company to provide stable revenues for Kazakhstan.

And since inception, TCO has made direct financial payments to the country of over 206 billion UD dollars, thereby helping to fuel the country’s economic progress. 

Kazakhstan Energy Week – 2025: Tengizchevroil is the General Sponsor of the XVI Eurasian Forum KAZENERGY

Oct 3, 2025, 15:28 by Zhanar Baizhumash
On October 2–3, 2025, the XVI Eurasian Forum KAZENERGY took place in Astana as part of Kazakhstan Energy Week – 2025. This large-scale event in the energy sector brought together more than 300 participants from 50 countries. This year’s theme was “The New Energy Order: Focus on Middle Powers”, which includes the Republic of Kazakhstan — a country with a unique geographical position and tremendous energy potential.

On October 2–3, 2025, the XVI Eurasian Forum KAZENERGY took place in Astana as part of Kazakhstan Energy Week – 2025. This large-scale event in the energy sector brought together more than 300 participants from 50 countries. This year’s theme was “The New Energy Order: Focus on Middle Powers”, which includes the Republic of Kazakhstan — a country with a unique geographical position and tremendous energy potential.

Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Olzhas Bektenov, read out a welcoming address from Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to the forum participants: «We are implementing large-scale projects to strengthen the energy security and independence of our country. Our international partners make a significant contribution to this important work. Kazakhstan attaches great importance to attracting investment into the energy sector and enhancing its competitiveness. In this regard, our country, as a responsible middle power, is interested in strengthening ties with authoritative international organizations».

The forum also marked the 20th anniversary of the KAZENERGY Association.

«Given their leading positions and, thus, playing the role of locomotives for the development of entire subcontinents and regions, many middle powers are already setting trends in the global energy markets. Taking this into account, the discussions during Kazakhstan
Energy Week-2025/XVI KAZENERGY Eurasian Forum was aimed at laying out professional approaches to the whole range of tasks and challenges faced by the world during the global energy transition. The issues of world energy security,
accelerated implementation of advanced technologies and strengthening international cooperation were discussed by experts
», - mentioned Bolat Akchulakov, Chairman of the KAZENERGY Association. 

Tengizchevroil LLP (TCO), as the largest operator in Kazakhstan’s oil and gas industry, traditionally serves as the General Sponsor of the Forum. The company emphasized its support to Kazakhstan’s vision for a low-carbon future and the broader energy transition. TCO also showcased innovative technical and digital solutions currently being applied in its operations, reflecting the company’s role in driving progress within the energy sector.

As noted by TCO General Director William Lacobie: «Growing from 1 million tons of crude oil production in 1993 to almost 28 million tons in 2024. The TCO has a strong performance record of safely and reliably delivering value to Kazakhstan for over 30 years, Tengiz and Korolev oil fields, are some of the most technically challenging in the world, and TCO has been successfully implementing unique global technology solutions and industry best practices provided by its shareholders».

TCO is also actively advancing its data analytics and artificial intelligence initiatives, focusing on areas like predictive maintenance, increased efficiency, automation of routine tasks and intelligent optimization of logistics and procurement processes. Thanks to the innovative technologies and a strong commitment to safe and reliable operations, TCO was able to achieve more than 98% average plant reliability over the past decade alone (2015-2024), allowing the company to provide stable revenues for Kazakhstan.

And since inception, TCO has made direct financial payments to the country of over 206 billion UD dollars, thereby helping to fuel the country’s economic progress.