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Lukoil brings three fields into trial production in northern Russia
RUSSIA
LUKOIL has brought a trio of oilfields into pro- duction in the Nenets region of northern Russia. The Komandirshorskoye, North-Komandir- shorskoye and West-Komandirshoreskoye hold 11mn tonnes (81mn barrels) of oil, Lukoil said in a statement on April 9. Their oil will be pumped
to the Kharyaginsky central collection point. The fields were discovered in 1986. Their reservoirs are found at a depth of around 3,600 metres and hold light oil with a low-sulphur con-
tent of 0.23%.
Lukoil’s plan for development includes the
construction of oil and gas collection and treat- ment systems, pipelines, power infrastructure and other facilities. It intends to bring on stream the neighbouring North-Mishvanskoye and Simbeyskoye fields in the coming years.
Lukoil is Russia’s No.2 oil producer, but is grappling with falling output at some of its largest
fields in Western Siberia. It is working to offset this decline by advancing projects further north and also in the Caspian Sea.
The company announced on April 10 that the jacket of the platform it plans to use to exploit the Grayfer oilfield in the Caspian had been launched from a shipyard in the Astrakhan region.
Grayfer will be Lukoil’s third Caspian oilfield to come into production. Its launch has been brought forward by a year and is now scheduled for 2022. At peak capacity it will flow 24,000 bar- rels per day (bpd).
The firm also started pilot production at the South-Messoyakhskoye field in the Yamalo-Ne- nets region in December.
Lukoil produced around 1.65mn bpd of oil in Russia last year, which was more or less in line with its output in 2018. ™
Tengizchevroil halts non-essential work on $45bn expansion
KAZAKHSTAN
The expansion is already running behind schedule.
KAZAKHSTAN’S largest oil producer Ten- gizchevroil (TCO) said on April 14 that it has reduced some work on its $45bn expansion pro- ject in the west of the country due to the corona- virus (COVID-19) outbreak.
To date, Kazakhstan has confirmed over 1,000 cases of coronavirus infection, includ- ing more than 10 people infected at a workers’ camp near the Tengiz field, which TCO operates. Chevron owns a 50% stake in TCO, with the rest of the company split between Exxon Mobil, Rus- sia’s Lukoil and Kazakh state-run oil and gas firm KazMunayGaz.
“As a result of the confirmed COVID-19 cases among our contractor and subcontractor workforce, over the next several weeks TCO will reduce activities and personnel to ensure their safety and to minimise the impact of the pan- demic on our operations and construction activ- ities,” the company said in a statement.
“Only certain activities that are on the (expansion) project’s critical path will continue,” the company noted.
“TCO notes that these measures have been
implemented in order to protect the health and safety of the Tengiz workforce and are not related to current market conditions,” it added.
A Chevron spokeswoman said critical work on the expansion project, including construc- tion of equipment in South Korea and building of pipelines in Kazakhstan, was continuing as normal. ™
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