The Future of the Caspian Petroleum Offshore Industry

The Future of the Caspian Petroleum Offshore Industry provides detailed examination of all the key issues of offshore evelopment in the region, including:

• climate conditions
• reserves
• current and prospective E&P projects
• oilfield services market
• export routes and legislation

The Future of the Caspian Petroleum Offshore Industry is an essential information source for:

• oil and gas producers
• service and equipment suppliers
• investment and banking institutions

Executive Summary
The Role and Significance of the Caspian Sea Continental Shelf as Part of the World’s Continental Shelf

 
Chapter 1. General Information
1.1 Geography, Natural and Climatic Conditions of the Caspian Sea Shelf
     Russian Sector
     Kazakhstan Sector
     Azerbaijan Sector
     Turkmenistan Sector
     Iranian Sector
1.2 Problems of Delimitation of the Caspian Sea Shelf into National Sectors

1.3 Legislative Regulation of Shelf Subsoil Usage
     Russian Sector
     Kazakhstan Sector 
     Azerbaijan Sector
     Turkmenistan Sector 
     Iranian Sector

 
Chapter 2. Hydrocarbon Resource Base
2.1 Geological Zoning and the Status of Data Available on the Shelf of Caspian Sea
     Oil and Gas Provinces
     Oil- and Gas-bearing Basins and Regions
     Extent of Geological Knowledge of the Caspian Basin
     Russian Sector
     Kazakhstan Sector
     Azerbaijan Sector
     Turkmenistan Sector
     Iranian Sector
2.2 Hydrocarbon Reserves and Resources of the Caspian Sea
     Russian Sector
     Kazakhstan Sector
     Azerbaijan Sector
     Turkmenistan Sector
     Iranian Sector

 
Chapter 3. Production, Exports, Offshore Projects
3.1 Exploration and Production Projects (Current and Projected)
     Russian Sector
        Northern Block

        Tsentralny Block
        Yalamo-Samursky Block
        North Caspian Block
        Inchkhe-more Field
        Derbentsky and Dimitrovsky Blocks
        Izberbashsky and Sulaksky Blocks
        Lagansky Block
     Kazakhstan Sector
        North Caspian Project
        Dostyk
        Tyub-Karagan
        Atashsky
        Kurmangazy
        Zhambai South and South Zaburunye
     Azerbaijan Sector
        Azeri-Chyrag-Gyuneshli (AChG)
        Shakh Deniz
        Inam
     Turkmenistan Sector
       Cheleken Project
       Project Block-1
       Project Unified Offshore Blocks 11-12
     Iranian Sector
3.2 Production and Exports
     Russian Sector
     Kazakhstan Sector
     Azerbaijan Sector
     Turkmenistan Sector
     Iranian Sector

 
Chapter 4. Caspian Market for Offshore Drilling Rigs and Production Platforms

   Drilling Rigs
   Production Platforms
4.1 Current Status of Offshore Drilling Rigs and Production Platforms. Demand for Drilling Rigs and Production Platforms
     Russian Sector
     Kazakhstan Sestor
     Azerbaijan Sector
     Turkmenistan Sector
     Iranian Sector

 
Chapter 5. Export Routes from the Caspian Region
5.1 Existing Export Infrastructure and Current Export Routes
     Russian Sector
        Existing Pipelines
        Oil Terminals
        Rail Transportation
     Kazakhstan Sector
        Existing Pipelines
        Oil Terminals
        Tanker Shipments
     Azerbaijan Sector
        Existing Pipelines
     Turkmenistan Sector
        Oil Terminals
     Iranian Sector
5.2 Prospective Export Routes
     Russian Sector
     Kazakhstan Sector
        CPC Pipeline
        Atyrau-Samara Pipeline
        China-bound Pipeline
        Kazakh-Turkmen-Iranian (KTI) Pipeline Project
        Trans-Caspian Pipeline
        Tanker Transportation
        Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC)
        Central Asia-Center Pipeline

      Azerbaijan Sector
        South Caucasus Gas Pipeline
      Turkmenistan Sector
         Kazakh-Turkmen-Iranian (KTI) Oil Pipeline
         Trans-Caspian Oil Pipeline
      Iranian Sector

 
Appendix 1. Comparative Classification of Hydrocarbon Reserves and Resources
1.1 Actual Comparative Classification of Hydrocarbon Reserves and Resources
1.2 New Comparative Classification of Hydrocarbon Reserves and Resources

     Categories of Reserves and Resources of Hydrocarbons under the Existing Russian Classification

 
Appendix 2. Content of Hydrocarbons in the Bitumen of Sedimentary Rocks

Appendix 3. Geological Zoning in the Caspian Sea

Figure 1.1. Characterization of the Caspian Sea and its Shelf by National Sector
Figure 1.2. Oil Project Taxation Models in Kazakhstan
Figure 2.1. Geophysical Characteristics of Some Oil-and-Gas Prospects in the Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sector
Figure 2.2. Data on Major Fields and Prospects of the Turkmenistan’s Caspian Sector
Figure 2.3. Geological Data Available on Iranian Caspian Shelf as of January 1, 2005
Figure 2.4. Hydrocarbon Resources of the Caspian Sea (by regions), billion tones of reference fuel
Figure 2.4.1. Hydrocarbon Potential of the Caspian Sea by National Sector
Figure 2.5. Hydrocarbon Resources and Reserves in the Russian Offshore Caspian Sector
Figure 2.5.1. Recoverable Reserves of Major Fields in the Russian Caspian Sector
Figure 2.6. Geological Hydrocarbon Reserves of the Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sector
Figure 2.6.1. Oil Reserves of Known Discoveries of the Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sector, million tons
Figure 2.7. Hydrocarbon Reserves of the Azerbaijan’s Caspian Sector as a Whole and by Major Field Figure 2.8. Hydrocarbon Reserves of the Turkmenistan’s Caspian Sector
Figure 3.1. E&P projects in Azerbaijan
Figure 3.1.1. Oil Production at Cheleken-2 Block, thous. tons
Figure 3.1.2. Investment in Cheleken Project, $ million
Figure 3.1.3. Petronas Investment in Block-1 Project, $ million
Figure 3.2.1. Forecast Production and Exports of Hydrocarbons by the Caspian Region Countries
Figure 3.2.2. Forecast of Oil and Gas Production in the Russian Sector of the Caspian Sea
Figure 3.2.3. Forecast of Oil and Gas Production in the Kazakhstan Sector of the Caspian Sea
Figure 3.2.4. Planned Production of Oil and Gas Agip KCO, million tons per year
Figure 3.2.5. Azerbaijan Plans for Oil and Gas production from Offshore Fields of the Caspian Sea
Figure 3.2.6. Planned Oil Production in Turkmenistan, million tons
Figure 3.2.7. Forecast of Oil Production from Offshore Fields in Iran Sector of the Caspian Sea, million tons
Figure 4.1. Russian Offshore Drilling and Production Fleet
Figure 4.2. Russian Offshore Productions Concepts
Figure 4.3. Assessment of Demand for Production Platforms under Potential Offshore Projects in Russia through 2020
Figure 4.4. Azerbaijan’s Drilling Fleet (legacy of the USSR)
Figure 4.5. Technical Specifications of Submersible rigs (PPBU) and Jack-up Rigs (SPBU)
Figure 4.6. Technical Specifications of the Dede Gorgud and Istiglal Semisubmersibles
 

Appendix:
Figure 1.1. Comparative Classification of Hydrocarbon Reserves/Resources
Figure 1.2. New Reserve and Resource Classifications
Figure 2.1. Content of Hydrocarbons in the Bitumen of Sedimentary Rocks
Figure 3.1. Geological Zoning in the Caspian Sea

Map 1.1. Caspian Sea and National Sectors
Map 2.1. Caspian Offshore Oil-and-Gas Provinces and Regions
Map 2.2. Principal Fields and Prospects of the Caspian Sea
Map 2.3. Key fields and Prospects of the Russian Caspian Sector
Map 2.4. Key fields and Prospects of the Kazakhstan Caspian Sector
Map 2.5. Key fields and Prospects of the Azerbaijan Caspian Sector
Map 2.6. Key fields and Prospects of the Turkmenistan Caspian Sector
Map 2.7. Allocation of Geological Hydrocarbon Resources by Regions of Caspian Sea
Map 3.1. E&P Projects in Russian Caspian Sector
Map 3.2. E&P Projects in Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sector
Map 3.3. E&P Projects in Turkmenistan’s Caspian Sector
Map 5.1. Current Export Routes from the Russian Caspian Sector
Map 5.2. Current Export Routes from the Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sector
Map 5.3. Current Export Routes from the Azerbaijan’s Caspian Sector
Map 5.4. Current Export Routes from the Turkmenistan’s Caspian Sector
Map 5.5. Current Oil Infrastructure of Iran’s Caspian Sector
Map 5.6. Planned Export Oil Pipelines from Caspian Region
Map 5.7. Potential Gas Export Routes