TNK-BP lets engineering contract for Kamennoi field

Jan. 30, 2008
TNK-BP has awarded to Gulf Interstate Engineering a contract to provide engineering services for the early planning stages of the Kamennoi field development project in Russia.

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Jan. 30 -- TNK-BP has awarded to Gulf Interstate Engineering Co., Houston, a contract to provide engineering services for the early planning stages of the Kamennoi field development project involving seven oil and gas fields in Russia.

The first phase of the project anticipates the recovery of 30 million tons of oil, with 330 wells being drilled. An export pipeline and additional oil processing facility will be built. The second phase involves long term development of the most reliable reserves.

Gulf Interstate will assist TNK-BP in the early planning stages of this major oil and gas producing field. The firm is to compare development alternatives to determine the optimum configuration and recommended sequence of field development. It also will provide a technical, commercial, and planning basis for subsequent stages and developments.