Karachaganak

The Karachaganak field was first discovered in 1979. In 1998 the Kazak government established a PSA (Production Share Agreement) with KIO for the development of the field. Karachaganak presented a large number of development challenges due to its remoteness, size and composition.

In addition, the region is characterised by extreme climatic conditions with cold winters (-40C), hot summers (+40C) and short springs and autumns. Since Karachaganak was already partially developed during the Soviet era, the development plan required the complex refurbishment and improvement of existing facilities as well as the construction of new operations.

Dornan Engineerings’s involvement at Karachaganak included:

• Upgrade of the Unit 3 Gas Processing Unit
• Decommissioning the existing pneumatic system and installing and commissioning the new process automation and control system

All of this work was carried out while the plant was in a continually live gas processing state. Dornan did not have a single plant trip or outage during the complete works period.

Throughout this project Dornan implemented its own HSE Company, Procedures and Standards and had zero loss time accidents.