Crude
oil production by LUKOIL Group in 2010 (including share of production by equity
affiliates) was 95.922 million tonnes (1.940 million barrels per day). Average
daily output fell by 1.6% in comparison with
2009.
Lower
oil output in 2010 reflects a production decline at fields in Western Siberia, where the Company produces 53% of its
crude, and was due primarily to objective changes in the structure of
recoverable reserves. However, use of the latest enhanced recovery technologies
and horizontal drilling enabled LUKOIL to reduce the rate of crude output
decline in Western Siberia from 5.7% in 2009 to 3.8% in 2010.
The
main achievement in the Company’s production business during 2010
was launch of production at the Yu. Korchagin
field where annual oil extraction will reach 2.4
million tonnes
and gas output will be 1
billion cubic
meters at peak production.
Yu.
Korchagin is the first of a group of LUKOIL fields in Russian territorial waters
of the Caspian Sea to have been brought into
operation. Development of the field will use a system of long horizontal wells
(over 5
km
in length) representing a unique solution for the Russian industry.
Logging
will be carried out as part of the horizontal-well drilling process.
Radial
distribution of wells will enable simultaneous penetration of all productive
layers.
Russia
Oil
production by LUKOIL in Russia during 2010 was 89.767 million
tonnes, of which 89.431 million tonnes were produced by Group subsidiaries.
Subsidiaries
and equity affiliates of LUKOIL produced hydrocarbons at 355 fields in
Russia in 2010. Production drilling
in Russia declined slightly to
2,286,000
meters.
The
Group owned 28,610 production wells at the end of 2010, of which 24,420 were
actually in use.
International
Projects
LUKOIL’s
share of production in international projects was 6.255 million tonnes, which is
8.3% more than in 2009. The growth was mainly due to the Tengiz and North
Buzachi projects in Kazakhstan, South-West Gissar in
Uzbekistan and Shakh-Deniz in
Azerbaijan.
Production
drilling in the Company’s international projects increased by 25.6%
in
2010 compared with 2009
to
446,000
meters. The
number of oil production wells rose by 14.2% to 1,738, of which 1,583 were
actually in use. A total of 279 new production wells were commissioned as part
of international projects, in which the Company is a participant.
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