Prorva Channel creates a sea access to these attractive oil reserves. Many nations are involved in a large geopolitical competition to secure access to this source of oil. The city of Atyrau, located 350 kilometers (220 miles) north of Tengiz, is the main transport hub of Tengiz oil field. It covers a 2,500 square kilometer area (970 square miles) and is 19 kilometers (12 miles) wide and 21 kilometers (13 miles) long, making it one of the largest discoveries in recent history. Tengiz oil field is located at an extremely remote location in northwestern Kazakhstan’s low-lying wetlands along the northeastern shores of the Caspian Sea. The new Prorva Access Channel was constructed to allow for the transport of construction modules to the Tengiz oil field, where new facilities are being erected to increase the production capacity. In mid-December 2017, Van Oord dredging and marine of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, announced that it had finished dredging operations in Kazakhstan on a 72-kilometer-long (44.7-mile) access channel to the Caspian Sea.
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