Biography

Production Technologies Eliminate Flaring in Kazakhstan

In Western Kazakhstan, Schlumberger technology helped Karachaganak Petroleum Operating B.V. (KPO) to avoid 1.3 million metric tons of CO₂e emissions through zero-flaring techniques. Schlumberger deployed its surface pressure boosting package, a key part of its Production ExPRESS rapid production response solutions portfolio that requires no chemicals or well intervention. Conventional solutions often enable oil production while flaring the produced gas using methods that are both costly and result in increased emissions from flaring. Using technologies including the REDA Multiphase HPS horizontal multistage surface pump and the Vx Spectra surface multiphase flowmeter—both part of the Transition Technologies portfolio—flaring was completely eliminated, saving the gas instead for export. The integrated approach contributed to KPO being able to quickly bring wells back into production while commercializing gas that would have otherwise been flared.