Gazprom Neft to start full-scale operations of Messoyakha deposit in 2015
Gazprom Neft is going to start trial and production operations of the Messoyakha deposit in 2012-2013. The deposit is subdivided into Western and Eastern sites. Now its estimated reserves are 210 million tons of oil and 109 billion cubic m of gas. 4 wells are drilled and another 6 are being drilled. This year they will drill 5 prospecting and estimating wells and will hold seismic exploration at an area of 300 sq. km. The customer is Messoyakhaneftegaz CJSC. Its shareholders are Gazprom Neft and BP-TNK owning by 50% each. Muravlenkovneft is the project operator. Full-scale operation will start in 2015.
Translated by Nadezhda Poltoratskaya