Lukoil reports flow of 500 tonnes/day of crude oil from the first well drilled from the wellhead platform installed during second-phase development of Yury Korchagin oil field in the Caspian Sea off Russia (OGJ Online, Apr. 30, 2018).
A jack up drilled the well to 5,217 m MD with a reach of 4,235 m.
In an extension of first-phase development, Lukoil drilled a 1,408-m sidetrack in the No. 14 well, which it said will increase production and extend plateau output.
The first phase, including a fixed ice-resistant platform with drilling, quarters, and transshipment facilities, began commercial production in 2010.
Water depth at Yury Korchagin is 11-13 m.