Drilling in the second phase of development of Yuri Korchagin oil and gas field in the Caspian Sea offshore Russia is expected to start this month, reports Lukoil.
The company has completed installation of the wellhead platform’s topsides, which will support drilling in the eastern part of the field. Because most operations on the platform will be automated, accommodations are for temporary worker stays.
Oil and gas from Yuri Korchagin field flow to a platform on Vladimir Filanovsky field.
Lukoil last month said combined production from the fields, which are in 11-13 m of water, had reached 15 million tonnes of oil. Yuri Korchagin, in 11-13 m of water, started producing in 2010. Vladimir Filanovsky, in 7-11 m of water, started in 2016 (OGJ Online, Nov. 2, 2016).