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New oil discovery in Irkutsk Oblast

As reported in Rosneft’ press release published on the corporate web site on 20 August 2013, a new oil and gas play was discovered on Mogdinsky license block located in the northern part of Irkutsk Oblast 160km north of ESPO.

According to the release the exploration well Mogdinsky-10 produced free-flowing gas condensate at the rate of 425 K m3/day and oil – 90m3/day in the course of testing Lower Ustkut horizon.

The well location was selected based on the fundamentally new geological model created by Rosneft’s subsidiary  RN Exploration LLC, which enabled Rosneft to tap a hydrocarbon deposit that was not encountered before.

The play’s reserves are estimated at over 4 mln. tonnes of oil and 2 bln. m3 of condensate.

Another discovery from the same horizon was made on Danilovo block where well No. 73 produced free-flowing oil at 165m3/day during the well test, which proves soundness of the new 3D seismic data-based geological model.

Original article at http://www.rosneft.ru/news/news_in_press/20082013.html

Construction of 500km of gas and product pipelines is considered for Irkutsk Region gas reserves development

Ust-kut, 13 August 2013 (IA “Teleinform) – Implementation of gas-chemical facilities project to use feedstock from the fields in the northern part of the region  was discussed at the meeting headed by Sergey Eroschenko, Irkutsk Oblast Governor, in Ust-Kut on 13 August.

Marina Sedykh, Director General of Irkutsk Oil Company (INK), presented proposals on gas distribution network development in northern areas of Irkutsk Oblast. The potential investment project for development of gas reserves includes construction of about 500km of gas and product pipelines, which will support transportation of gas feedstock from the fields to Ust-Kut. Potential enhancement of the project to add the construction of a gas chemical plant in the vicinity of Ust-Kut is also evaluated. It is expected that 450 new jobs will be created.

A short time ago Irkutsk Oil Company announced that it was conducting a research on a gas-chemical complex construction in the north of Irkutsk Oblast.  On 1 August, at the regional government meeting on the creation of a gas processing cluster Marina Sedykh, the company’s Director General, was quoted as saying that the company was commencing a feasibility study for a potential investment project to develop gas reserves of Yaraktinskoye, Markovskoye and Zapadno-Ayanskoye petroleum fields. Construction of complex gas treatment facilities was also considered within the project. By applying a cryogenic technology the company intended to achieve a high (up to 96%) extraction of valuable components from the produced natural and associated petroleum gas. The project made provisions for 500km of gas and product pipelines to transport gas feedstock from the fields to Ust-Kut.

The regional government has embarked on a course of creating a number of industrial clusters including the petrochemical one.  In the regional government opinion, Irkutsk Oblast is best prepared for development of Eastern Siberia’s petrochemical cluster. In recent years, the regional oil and gas industry has seen accelerated growth: in 2012 the annual oil production increased over 25 times in comparison with 2008.  The tax incentives at the federal and regional levels have  played a defining role in this growth.

Irkutsk Oblast has already got several large-scale oil-processing and petrochemical centers located in Angarsk and Sayansk, which have a great technical and human resources potential to become a basis for high-volume gas processing development.  

The regional government supports construction of new industrial facilities for the petrochemical cluster by providing property and income tax exemptions, assistance in getting federal tax reliefs to attract investments to the regional  industry.