Lukoil soon will start drilling the sixth production well in second-phase development of Vladimir Filanovsky oil field in the Caspian Sea as a recently completed fifth well holds total production at 6 million tonnes/year.
The fifth well, with a main wellbore of 2,956 m and a lateral of 1,735 m, produced at an initial rate exceeding 3,300 tonnes/day of oil, Lukoil said.
The field, in 7-11 m of water, has produced more than 10 million tonnes of oil since coming on stream in 2016.
The second development stage involves drilling of six production wells and two injection wells (OGJ Online, June 18, 2018).
Lukoil in August installed the substructure of a wellhead platform that will be part of the third development stage. Topsides assembly is 70% complete. The platform is to be commissioned next year.