The 25 millionth Ton of Oil was Produced at the Messoyakha Project
The cumulative production of Messoyakhaneftegaz, a joint venture between Rosneft and Gazprom Neft, has exceeded 25 million tons of oil since the start of the development of the Vostochno-Messoyakhskoye field.
Currently, about 500 production wells in the licensed area provide a daily production of 18 thousand tons of oil equivalent. In 2021, 93 high-tech wells with a high drilling complexity index were drilled at Messoyakha.
The efficient level of oil production and the safety of production processes at East Messoyakha are largely ensured by the use of digital technologies. In 2021, Messoyakhaneftegaz launched an integrated field development center with a high-tech complex of digital twins. Computer models of wells, pipelines, industrial oil and gas treatment facilities create a digital analogue of an autonomous oil field, are synchronized with real production processes and are able to reproduce the full production cycle from in-situ processes to oil delivery.
Efficient implementation of the program of exploration work on the territory of the Messoyakha group of fields has made it possible over the past few years to discover and promptly put into development 10 new deposits with a total reserves of about 50 million tons of oil.
As part of the rational subsoil use program, in 2021 Messoyakhaneftegaz commissioned a geotechnical monitoring complex for an underground associated petroleum gas storage using energy-saving green technologies. The complex scans gas reservoirs containing an oil rim around the clock, highly sensitive sensors control the technological parameters of injection and distribution of hydrocarbons in the storage. Today, over 1.8 billion m3 of associated petroleum gas, ready for further use, has been pumped into the natural reservoir at Western Messoyakha.
The company plans to continue integrating computer modeling technologies into production, increase the volume of digital solutions in drilling, production, treatment and transportation of oil, taking into account geological features and a large infrastructure resource of an autonomous field. Already applied solutions have confirmed their high efficiency in working with hard-to-recover reserves of the Arctic.
Another important area will be the implementation of sustainable development and rational subsoil use programs, including the beneficial use of associated petroleum gas pumped into the underground storage facility at Western Messoyakha.
The implementation of these programs will accelerate the development of prospective reserves of the project.
