Afterthe gas is employed, the offshore installations are to be pressurised anddynamic testing carried out before gas and fluids from initial production wellscan enter the system.
Atyrau-basedNCOC said the long-delayed project was still on course to begin production “laterthis year”, having last set a target date of October.
Sources told Upstream last week that a start-up date of early 2014 was looking more likely on the project, which is almost a decade behind schedule.
