Gazprom Neft secures development rights to two new fields in Russia

Gazprom Neft has acquired development rights to two new assets in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, known as the Tazovskoye and Severo-Samburgskoye fields, in Russia.

The subsoil usage rights to Tazovskoye and Severo-Samburgskoye blocks run up to 2025 and 2027, respectively.

The Tazovskoye field is situated 500km north-east of Salekhard.              

Data in the State Register of Mineral Reserves recorded recoverable oil reserves at the Tazovskoye field at 72 million tonnes, condensate at 4.6 million tonnes, and non-associated (free) gas at 183.3 billion cubic metres as of 1 January 2016.

In its capacity as operator for the development of the Tazovskoye field, Gazprom Neft re-tested two wells and began preparations for cluster drilling in the first quarter of this year.

As per the State Register of Mineral Reserves, recoverable reserves at the Severo-Samburgskoye field, which is located in the Purovsky district, 100km north of Novy Urengoy, stand at 90.5 million tonnes as at 1 January 2016.

Gazprom Neft is currently engaged in pre-commissioning works at Severo-Samburgskoye field.

At the Severo-Samburgskoye field, two wells have been de-mothballed (reactivated) and re-tested, and 3D seismic works were undertaken in order to clarify data on the geological structure of the field.

Pilot drilling at this licence block is slated for the 2017-18 winter season.

Gazprom Neft first deputy CEO Vadim Yakovlev said: “Gazprom Neft is continuing its ongoing development of what is a key region for the company, the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.

“It was here that we commissioned two of the most significant fields, Novoportovskoye and Vostochno-Messoyakhskoye, in 2016.

“Concurrently with this Gazprom Neft is, thanks to the implementation of cutting-edge technologies, continuing to increase production at traditional fields in the Noyabrsk region.

“The development of gas-cap-drive fields at Tazovskoye field, and the Achimov deposits at Severo-Samburgskoye field are giving the company further experience in hard-to-recover reserves, allowing us to scale-up solutions successfully implemented previously.”

Gazprom is engaged in the exploration and development, production and sale of oil and gas, and the refining and retailing of oil products.

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Image: Pilot drilling is expected to begin in the winter of 2017. Photo: courtesy of Gazprom Neft.