Lukoil reports flow from new Caspian well

A second production well completed from the wellhead platform installed during second-phase development of Yury Korchagin oil field flowed at an initial rate of 600 tonnes/day of crude oil, reports Lukoil.
Nov. 14, 2018

A second production well completed from the wellhead platform installed during second-phase development of Yury Korchagin oil field flowed at an initial rate of 600 tonnes/day of crude oil, reports Lukoil (OGJ Online, July 25, 2018).

The horizontal was drilled to 2,736 m MD in the eastern part of the field in the Caspian Seaoffshore Russia. An intelligent completion system used for the first time allows real-time control of valves in the well’s lateral, Lukoil said.

Work has begun on the third well to be drilled from the platform.

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