Tethys Opens Kazakhstani Oil Production Facilities

Tethys Petroleum has begun operations of its Doris oil production facilities in Kazakhstan.

Oil from the location, which is being transported at a rate of 1,500 barrels per day, will be increased to 2,500 barrels per day.

On completion of the new rail-loading facility in the fourth quarter of 2011, Doris’s production rate is expected to increase to 4,000 barrels per day.

Tethys Petroleum chairman, president and CEO David Robson said that the increase in production capacity and the ability to produce refinery grade crude oil were crucial to the further development of the Doris oilfield.

“We would expect to see further production increases as we continue to expand the facilities and drill new wells at the Doris field,” said Robson.