Lukoil started pilot production at Yuzhno-Messoyakhskoye gas condensate field in the Bolshekhetskaya depression, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District, Russia. A final decision on further field development will be based upon results of the first wells, the company said Dec. 25.
As of Dec. 25, 2019, the company has drilled one multi-bore well with daily flowrate of 330,000 cu m of natural gas and 30 metric tons of condensate. Facilities have been constructed and commissioned to gather, process, and ship gas and condensate, including a unit for treatment of marketable gas with daily design capacity of 600,000 cu m of natural gas and 90,000 metric tons of condensate. Also included are a gas engine power plant, a 7-km gas pipeline connecting the field with a transportation system, gas gathering systems, a methanol pipeline, production infrastructure facilities, and an accommodation camp.
Discovered in 1987, initial recoverable reserves at Yuzhno-Messoyakhskoye are estimated at 112.5 billion cu m of gas and 10.3 million metric tons of condensate, according to Lukoil’s web site.
