Chevron Starts Up 260,000 Bpd Expansion at Kazakhstan’s Biggest Oilfield

Chevron has started up oil production at an expansion project at the largest oilfield in Kazakhstan that will boost crude oil output by 260,000 barrels per day (bpd). Chevron, which owns 50% in affiliate Tengizchevroil LLP (TCO), the company operating the giant Tengiz development, has achieved first oil at the Future Growth Project (FGP) at the field, the U.S. supermajor said on Friday. FGP is the third processing plant in operation at the Tengiz oilfield, which expands sour gas injection capability and is expected to ramp up output to 1 million…