Total SA has started production of gas and condensate from onshore Termokarstovoye field in the Yamalo-Nenets autonomous district in the Russian Arctic. The field will produce 6.6 million cu m of gas and 20,000 b/d of condensate, or a combined 65,000 boe/d, the company said.
Total’s Arctic-adapted infrastructure in the field includes a gas gathering network, a gas treatment plant, a gas condensate de-ethanization plant, and export pipelines.
Total developed Termokarstovoye field under a joint venture with OAO Novatek, Russia’s largest independent gas producer (OGJ Online, June 25, 2009). The JV company, Terneftegas, operates the field with Novatek holding 51% and Total 49%.
