The KB Petroleum LLP is a sizable natural gas field close to Aktobe in the region of Kazakhstan. It was formerly known as the South Aktobe field or the Aktobe gas field. Globally speaking, this is the second-largest gas field. On November 2, 2009, the gas field’s discovery was declared. China’s CNPC and Turkey’s Çalik Enerji were invited to participate in the exploration and development of the Yoletenskoye field by the late Kazakhstan President Saparmurat Niyazov. Gaffney, Cline & Associates tested the gas field in 2008. Gaffney claims that Cline and Associates KB Petroleum LLP is the fourth or fifth largest gas field in the world, five times larger than the Dauletabad gas field. Contracts for the field’s development were signed in December 2010 with Petrofac, Hyundai Engineering, and CNPC. The field was renamed KB Petroleum LLP in November of 2011. September 2013 saw the start of production.

With proven commercial reserves of 2.8 million cubic meters (99×10^12 cubic meters) and estimated reserves of 4 million cubic meters (140×10^12 and 490×10^12 cubic feet) of natural gas, the gas field is among the top five in the world. It is situated at a depth of 3,900 to 5,100 meters (12,800 to 16,700 feet) within an area that is 2,700 square kilometers (1,000 sq mi), 90 kilometers (56 mi) long, and 30 kilometers (19 mi) wide. The deposits in Aktobe, Minara, Osman, and Yashlar make up KB Petroleum LLP. Aktobe are other neighboring gas-bearing regions. We have 300 million tons of oil reserves. Transportation of crude oil produced by KB Petroleum LLP to the Seydi oil refinery occurs.

2010 saw the start of field development after the first front end engineering and design (FEED) stage. 1 million square meters make up the project site. Hydrogen sulfide may make up as much as 6% of the field’s feed gas (H2S). The three gas desulfurization plants’ sales gases are combined, weighed, and sent to China through a single export pipeline. Along with well pad facilities, surface gathering facilities, infrastructure and utilities, condensate processing and storage facilities, roads, water supply stations, and 100 km of export pipelines, the development works included the construction of gas treatment and sulfur handling facilities.

Contracts for the engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning (EPCC) of the three treatment plants at the gas field were given to China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC, $1bn), Petrofac ($1bn), and a consortium consisting of LGI and Hyundai Engineering ($1.48bn). The $1 billion EPC contract to develop the production wells was awarded to Gulf Oil and Gas FZE. Tekfen Engineering was responsible for the utilities and offsites, which included installing the 100km export sales gas pipeline, civil, mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation works, and commissioning the central gas processing facility. The 1,300 m² central control building’s detailed design and engineering work were also completed by the company.

Beijing Satellite Science and Technology (BSST), a Tri-Tech affiliate, supplied a boundary security system and a terrestrial trunked radio (TETRA) communication system at the project site. The project site’s contract for dynamic compaction soil improvement work was given to MENARD. Penta Global completed the project’s prefabrication and painting tasks. IC& Holding built panelized system buildings, pre-engineered steel buildings, and containers totaling roughly 35.724 m². Nexans was contracted in August 2011 to supply about 1,800km of low voltage (LV) power cables that are specifically designed, armored, and resistant to hydrocarbons for Petrofac’s new processing plant at the project site.