Lukoil
starts development drilling at Kravtsovskoye (D-6) field in the
Baltic Sea
Posted: 2 March 2004
Lukoil started development drilling at the Kravtsovskoye (D-6)
field located in the Baltic offshore.
The inauguration ceremony was attended by Iliya Klebanov, RF President’s
official representative in the North-Western District, Vladimir
Egorov, Governor of Kaliningrad region, and Vagit Alekperov, President
of Lukoil.
The drilling is performed from an offshore ice-resistant stationary
platform manufactured at Kaliningradmorneft steelworks. This is
the first production platform in the Russian offshore which was
designed and manufactured domestically.
The crane-barge “Stanislav Yudin” was employed to install
the jacket and assemble the modules of the platform topside.
The platform construction is part of the Federal development program
of Kaliningrad region up to 2010, approved by the RF Government
resolution of December 7, 2001. Total investments in the field development
will amount to 7.7 billion rubles.
The Kravtsovskoye oil field was discovered in 1983 at a distance
of 22.5 kilometers from the coast of Kaliningrad region. The depth
of the sea is 25-35 meters.
Lukoil -Kaliningradmorneft conducted a geological survey which
confirmed that oil reserves of the C1+?2 categories at the Kravtsovskoye
field amounts to 21.5 million tons whereas recoverable reserves
reach 9.1 million tons.
All industrial and regular wastes from the platform will be transported
to the shore for further utilization (zero discharge principle).
Environmental costs amounted to 174.3 million rubles
Twenty seven wells are planned to be drilled at the field. The
average depth of production wells will be 2,160 meters.
Early oil is expected in the summer of 2004 and 70,000 tons of
crude are planned to be produced before the end of the year. By
2007 crude production will reach 600,000 tons and remain flat for
7 years. The field life is expected to last 30 -35 years.
A 47-kilometer long underwater pipeline will connect the field
to the Romanovo oil-gathering unit on the mainland to convey mixture
of oil and associated gas from the reservoir.
Crude from the field will be exported via the Izhevsky oil terminal.
The terminal’s tank storage facility will have an aggregate
capacity of 120,000 cubic meters. The volume of transshipped crude
in 2003 reached 3.3 million tons. After the Kravtsovskoye field
has become operational it is planned to increase the terminal’s
capacity up to 4 million tons. In future the terminal may boost
its annual capacity up to 6 million tons.
“We are proud of the company’s achievement and we believe
the success of this project will strengthen Russia’s position
in the Baltic region. Lukoil has demonstrated yet again that state-of-the-art
technologies enable Russian oilmen to achieve impressive results.
The launch of production at the Kravtsovskoye field will nearly
double the output of crude in Kaliningrad region, enhance its oil
exports and improve its foreign trade balance”, said Vagit
Alekperov, President of Lukoil.
For more information see www.lukoil.com.
Posted by Richard Price,
Editor Pipeline Magazine
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