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Gazprom Neft further expands its resource base in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug

15.04.2020
Courtesy of gazprom-neft.com

Gazprom Neft subsidiary Gazpromneft-Khantos has acquired development rights to deep strata at the southern section of the Priobskoye field in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, increasing reserves by more than 10.4 million tonnes of oil.

Gazpromneft-Khantos was awarded rights to hydrocarbon exploration and production in deep horizons at the southern section of the Priobskoye field, with the Federal Subsoil Resources Management Agency (Rosnedra) making appropriate adjustments to the terms of the original license, allowing the company to begin developing deposits forming part of the Priobskoye field but previously designated open acreage.

Gazpromneft-Khantos had, hitherto, been developing strata lying at a depth of 2,700 metres. Increasing this limit to 3,200 metres gives the business access to Tyumenskaya and Achimovsky strata, as well as to the Bazhenov Formation. According to the State Reserves Register, this will open up subsoil usage rights to reserves in place of more than 10.4 million tonnes of oil and approximately 2.5 million tonnes of recoverable reserves.

The results of investigations into Achimovsky strata in the southern part of the Priobskoye field were a prerequisite for extending the license — the business having obtained oil-saturated inflow of 51 tonnes per day following the drilling of a 3,300-metre prospecting well in 2019, confirming the commercial viability of developing the block’s Achimovsky strata.

Gazpromneft-Khantos plans to drill more than 30 horizontal wells, involving multi-stage fracking, at a pre-tested block from 2020. Peak production is expected to be reached in 2023, reaching more than 400,000 tonnes of oil equivalent per year.

Source: gazprom-neft.com

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