Messoyakhaneftegaz: East Messoyakha Produces First Millionth Ton
Messoyakhaneftegaz, a joint venture of Gazprom Neft and Rosneft, produced its millionth ton of oil at the East Messoyakha field. This rate was achieved in less than 5 months since the beginning of production at the most northern Russian oil and gas condensate field.
The result was ensured by efficient geological and technical activities and implementation of advanced methods for stimulating tight reserves production. It is East Messoyakha field where new wells were drilled large-scale using fishbone technology. This technology makes it possible to increase the starting flow-rate of the wells by 30-40% compared with a traditional horizontal well.
Production of the first million tons of oil at East Messoyakha proves right the chosen development rate and the efficient use of modern drilling technologies and well stimulation.
At the moment, 94 operating wells at East Messoyakha account for the average daily production of 7300 tons.
It is planned to significantly enhance drilling scope at the field in 2017. For this purpose 11 additional drilling rigs will be brought to the field. 19 rigs will be operating at East Messoyakha simultaneously. It is expected that new wells will make up to 50% of the whole production of Messoyakhaneftegaz in 2017.
