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Gazprom Neft: Drills 1,500m Horizontal Well at the Novoportovskoye Field

Gazprom Neft has become the first oil operator in Russia to drill a well with a horizontal borehole of 1,500 metres. The well, on the Yamal Peninsula, reaches a total 4,200 metres in length. Some 91 percent of the horizontal section, moreover, is located in the oil-saturated bed of the Novoportovskoye formation, characterised by high permeability strata which yield high flow rates without the application …

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Gazprom Neft: Pilot Drilling Completed at the Novoport field

Gazprom Neft has successfully completed a drilling program, part of a larger pilot development program at Novoport field, one of the largest fields being developed in the Yamal region. Production has begun at the third horizontal well drilled at the second multi-well pad at Novoport. The length of the new …

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Gazprom Neft: First Ever Hydraulic Fracturing on Yamal Peninsula Conducted At The Novoport Field

Hydraulic fracturing was successfully conducted for the first time ever on the Yamal Peninsula at Novoport field. The operation was performed in a Jurassic sedimentation area characterized by a high complexity of its geologic structure. Novoport field A total of five hydraulic fracturing operations were performed at four wells, including …

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