{{Short description|Gas field in Kazakhstan}} {{Infobox oil field | name = Kyzyloi Field | location_map = Kazakhstan | location_map_width = | location_map_text = | coordinates_ref = | country = [[Kazakhstan]] | region = | location = | block = | offonshore = onshore | coordinates = {{coord|46.1235733|58.0551052|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | operator = BN Munai LLP | operators = | partners = [[Tethys Petroleum|Tethys Petroleum Investments Limited]] | contractors = | image = | caption = | discovery = 1966 | start_development = | start_production = 19 December 2007 | abandonment = | peak_year = | peak_of_production_gas_mmcuft/d = | peak_of_production_gas_mmscm/d = | peak_of_production_gas_bcm/y = | production_year_oil = | production_gas_mmcuft/d = | production_gas_mmscm/d = 0.625 | production_gas_bcm/y = | production_year_gas = | est_gas_bft = | est_gas_bcm = | recover_gas_bft = | recover_gas_bcm = 1.42 | formations = }}
The '''Kyzyloi Field''' ({{langx|kk|Қызылой газ кен орны}}, ''Qyzyloı gaz ken orny'') is a dry natural gas field in southern Kazakhstan about {{convert|65|km|mi|0}} to the north of the border with the Karalkalpak region of Uzbekistan and {{convert|55|km|mi|0}} to the north-west of the [[Aral Sea]]. It is a first gas field in Kazakhstan, which is operated by independent operator.
==Field specification== Kyzyloi Field, which covers {{convert|287|km2|sqmi|0}}, was discovered in 1966. It contains sweet natural gas (97% [[methane]]) in shallow sandstones of [[Paleogene|Paleogene age]] at a depth of approximately {{convert|600|m|ft|-2}}. The net proved and probable economically recoverable reserves are approximately 1.42 billion cubic meter.<ref name=canargo> {{cite press release | publisher= CanArgo Energy Corporation | url= http://www.canargo.com/Investor%20Information/Press%20Releases/2006/060109.pdf | title = Kazakhstan Gas Contract Signed | date = 2006-01-09 | accessdate=2008-01-06 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080108094135/http://www.canargo.com/Investor%20Information/Press%20Releases/2006/060109.pdf | archivedate=2008-01-08}} </ref>
==Production== A commercial gas production commenced on 19 December 2007. The initial production capacity is {{convert|625000|m3/d}}. All produced gas is sold to the gas trading company GazImpex and assigned to Kazakhstan's Petrochemical Company Kemikal LLP.<ref name=oilvoice>{{cite news | publisher= OilVoice | url= http://www.oilvoice.com/n/Tethys_Petroleum_Announces_Production_Startup_From_Kyzyloi_Gas_Field_in_Kazakhstan/36eb2857.aspx | title = Tethys Petroleum Announces Production Start-up From Kyzyloi Gas Field in Kazakhstan | date = 2007-12-19 | accessdate=2008-01-06}}</ref>
Gas is exported from the Kyzyloi field along a {{convert|56|km2|sqmi|0}} pipeline to Tethys' compressor station adjacent to the tie-in point to the major Bukhara-Urals export trunkline system where three gas fired compressors compress the gas into the trunkline. Compressors pump gas into the line at a pressure of up to {{convert|54|atm}}.<ref name=oilvoice/>
==Operator== The field is developed and operated by BN Munai LLP, a subsidiary of [[Tethys Petroleum|Tethys Petroleum Investments Limited]].<ref name=oilvoice/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Portal|Energy}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080413192701/http://www.tethyspetroleum.com/s/Kyzyloi/79.aspx The Kyzyloi Field - Dry Gas Development (Tethys Petroleum website)] {{Resources in Kazakhstan}}
[[Category:Natural gas fields in Kazakhstan]]