BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 30. Kazakhstan’s
QazaqGaz is working on the key terms of an EPC contract for a gas
processing plant at the Karachaganak field with an annual capacity
of 5 bcm of raw gas, while FEED-stage documentation is being
developed, QazaqGaz Chairman Alibek Zhamauov said during the 30th
International Oil and Gas Exhibition and Conference KIOGE 2026 in
Almaty.


According to the company's press service, Zhamauov presented key
projects for the development of Kazakhstan’s gas infrastructure,
including the construction of gas processing plants at the
Karachaganak and Kashagan fields, as well as the second string of
the Beineu-Bozoi-Shymkent main gas pipeline.


“Taken together, these projects cover the entire chain from the
resource base to the consumer: new processing capacities will
increase the volumes of marketable gas, while transport projects
will ensure its delivery,” Zhamauov said.


Zhamauov stressed that the integrated development of gas
infrastructure will improve the reliability and flexibility of gas
supplies, strengthen the link between the resource base and end
consumers, and create conditions to meet growing domestic demand
for marketable gas.


In April 2026, Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Energy appointed
QazaqGaz as the operator of the project. On September 15, the
company signed an agreement on its implementation with Hyundai
Engineering and SICIM.







The project will increase raw gas processing volumes and expand
the domestic resource base for marketable gas. The additional
volumes will be used to ensure stable gas supplies to households
and industry, including during periods of seasonal demand
growth.


According to KazMunayGas, the Karachaganak field is
one of the world’s largest oil and gas condensate fields. It is
located in northwestern Kazakhstan near the city of Aksai and
covers an area of more than 280 square kilometers.


The field was discovered in 1979, while first
production was obtained in November 1984 through a limited pilot
industrial development project implemented during the Soviet
period.