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Impact of the Tengiz Oil Field on the State of Land Cover Cover

Impact of the Tengiz Oil Field on the State of Land Cover

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|Jun 2022

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Fig. 1

Oil production in the world.Source: own research, data taken from the official site of the Committee on Statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the official site of the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Oil production in the world.Source: own research, data taken from the official site of the Committee on Statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the official site of the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Fig. 2

An overview map of the study area (Tengiz oil field).Source: own elaboration.
An overview map of the study area (Tengiz oil field).Source: own elaboration.

Fig. 3

Tengiz oil field. Gas processing plant-2.Source: photo taken by the authors.
Tengiz oil field. Gas processing plant-2.Source: photo taken by the authors.

Fig. 4

The infrastructure of the Tengiz oil field.Source: Map data ©2022 Google Earth, CNES Airbus/Tengiz, Kazakhstan.
The infrastructure of the Tengiz oil field.Source: Map data ©2022 Google Earth, CNES Airbus/Tengiz, Kazakhstan.

Fig. 5

Landscape cover on the territory of the Tengiz oil field based on the results of NDVI.NDVI – normalised difference vegetation index; S2A – Sentinel-2A.Source: own elaboration.
Landscape cover on the territory of the Tengiz oil field based on the results of NDVI.NDVI – normalised difference vegetation index; S2A – Sentinel-2A.Source: own elaboration.

Characteristics of the Tengiz oil field_

ParameterDetails
Initial parameters
  Coordinates46°09′10″N, 52°23′00″E
  Location within Atyrau regionZhylyoi district
  Opened (year)1979
  Oil-saturation factor0.82
  Gas oil ratio487 me × me−1
  Formation pressure84.24 MPa
  Temperature105°C
Oil-related parameters
  Oil density789 kg × m−3
Constituent elements (%)
  Sulphur0.7
  Paraffinic3.69
  Low-resin1.14
  Oil reserves1.8 trillion m3
  Extractable volume of oil750 million–1125 billion tons
  Estimated volume of oil3,133 billion tons
  Associated petroleum gas reserves1.8 trillion m3
Field-related parameters
  Total field size565 km2
  Depth of oil layer4,000–5,700 m
  Oil reservoir length19 km (12 ml)
  Oil reservoir width21 km (13 ml)
  Oil reservoir area399 km2
  Oil layer height1,200–1,500 m
  Number of wells255
  Average density of wells1.2 pcs × km−2
  Number of gas processing plants3
  Oil development partners
  • JSC NC “KazMunayGas” (20%),

  • Chevron Overseas (50%),

  • ExxonMobil (25%),

  • Lukoil (5%)

Summary of the datasets used: Satellite images and their sensors with resolutions_

Satellite images and sensorsResolution (m)
LT05_L1TP_165028_19900807_20200915_02_T1TM30
LT05_L1TP_165028_20000802_20200906_02_T1TM30
LC08_L1TP_165028_20200809_20200918_02_T1OLI-TIRS30
S2A_MSIL2A_20200808T072621_N0214_R049_T39TXM_20200808T100005S2A10

The ratio of landscape cover elements in the territory of the Tengiz oil field according to the results of NDVI_

Lulc classes based on NDVI1990200020202020_sent
Water body (salt marshes/artificial ponds)0.40.30.00.1
Industrial facilities12.920.923.828.1
Barren land85.874.275.572.0
Shrub land0.93.60.70.7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2022-0022 | Journal eISSN: 2081-6383 | Journal ISSN: 2082-2103
Language: English
Page range: 83 - 93
Submitted on: Nov 4, 2021
Published on: Jun 24, 2022
Published by: Adam Mickiewicz University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
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© 2022 Asyma G. Koshim, Aigul M. Sergeyeva, Asset Yegizbayeva, published by Adam Mickiewicz University
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