Full-scale development of the northern section of Gazprom Neft’s Novoportovskoye field has now begun

18.09.2020
Фото gazprom-neft.ru

Gazprom Neft has begun developing the northern section of its Novoportovskoye field — one of the company’s key oil production centres in the Arctic. Implementing this project should see the company’s Arctic asset reach peak production, at eight million tonnes of oil per year, by 2021.

Recoverable reserves in the northern section stand at more than 27.8 million tonnes of oil, and 28.5 cubic metres of gas. The company’s investment in developing this field is expected to reach RUB86 billion.

The key challenge in developing this field lies in its remoteness from basic field infrastructure: to which end, the company is now completing its construction of the “Sever” digital substation, to ensure an energy supply to the new field.

Ten well pads — all of them comprising high-tech wells — will be installed to facilitate oil production in the northern part of the Novoportovskoye field. First oil has already been produced at the first well, which runs to a total length of 3,395 metres, with a 999-metre horizontal section.

A proven technology in Arctic fields — Premium Port hydraulic fracturing (fracking) — is being used to enhance oil recovery, having been initially tested in developing the Novoportovskoye field in 2016. Premium Port fracking promotes safety in oil production by making it possible to selectively close frack ports in the event of water or gas ingress while drilling.

Источник: gazprom-neft.ru

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