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additional supply of 180,000 b/d from the Ciraq Oil Project in 2013. Azerbaijan’s<br />

crude oil and NGLs production is expected to increase from 1.1 mb/d in 2010, to<br />

1.2 mb/d in 2015. In Kazakhstan, production growth will be supported by expansions<br />

at the Tengiz and Kashagan fields. Production from Kashagan Phase 1 will start<br />

in 2012. It is anticipated to result in additional capacity of 450,000 b/d over the<br />

medium-term. First production from the Tengiz expansion will start in 2013 and is<br />

projected to add another 370,000 b/d. It is important to stress, however, that it is<br />

assumed that oil export transport infrastructure challenges do not put a cap on production<br />

levels. Crude oil and NGLs production in Kazakhstan is projected to increase<br />

from 1.6 mb/d in 2010, to 2.1 mb/d in 2015.<br />

Long-term non-OPEC crude and NGLs<br />

The long-term outlook for non-OPEC crude and NGLs supply is influenced by a<br />

range of determinants, such as the oil price, technology, costs, fiscal conditions and<br />

investments. It is also, and more importantly, linked to the remaining URR by country<br />

and region. This calculation consists of cumulative production, proven reserves,<br />

field reserves growth due to improvements in recovery rates and a re-evaluation of the<br />

amount of oil in place, as well as estimates of discoveries yet to be made.<br />

The URR assessments are taken largely from the USGS. Estimates of URR have<br />

increased over time, and this process is expected to continue, due to technological<br />

developments, such as horizontal, multilateral and extended reach drilling, hydraulic<br />

fracturing, EOR, intelligent completions, data integration, as well as 3-D and 4-D<br />

seismic. The URR estimates used are presented in Table 3.2. Here, USGS URR figures<br />

published in 2000 have been used, supported by more recent updates where<br />

available. Adjustments have also been made to account for countries that are now<br />

producing oil, but were not included in the initial USGS assessment. This includes<br />

such countries as Vietnam, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand, Chad, South<br />

Africa, Mauretania and Uganda. On top of this, the large amounts of extra-heavy oil<br />

in Venezuela have been included.<br />

Table 3.2 shows that OPEC Member Countries account for the majority of<br />

world’s proven reserves – 80% in 2009 – and have considerably higher reserve growth<br />

expectations compared with non-OPEC. Cumulative production of crude oil plus<br />

NGLs is just over 30% of the original endowment. And more than 30% of the resource<br />

base is yet to be turned into proven reserves.<br />

It is important to look at how these resource estimates are used to put together<br />

feasible production paths for crude oil and NGLs to 2035. The starting point is<br />

to understand the relevance of standard reserves-to-production (R/P) ratios as a

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