The drilling of production wells for the pilot commercial development of the oil rim started in the Chayandinskoye field in Yakutia, the basic field of the Yakutia gas production center.

Pilot commercial development is a crucial stage preceding the commercial operation of a field. As part of this stage geophysical, production and other properties of a pay zone will be determined and the selected technical solutions will be assessed.

At present, three production wells are being drilled in the Chayandinskoye field. All in all, 11 production wells will be drilled during pilot commercial development of the oil rim.

Later on, Gazprom will set to constructing production wells to develop gas deposits of the Chayandinskoye field.

About the Chayandinskoye field

The state-run Eastern Gas Program was approved in September 2007. Gazprom was appointed by the Russian Government as the Program execution coordinator. The new gas production centers in Sakhalin and Kamchatka are ready to operate, the Yakutia gas production center is being rapidly developed and the Irkutsk and Krasnoyarsk centers are next in turn in Eastern Russia.
The Chayandinskoye oil, gas and condensate field is unique in terms of its reserves. At present, the C1+C2 recoverable reserves total some 1.45 trillion cubic meters of gas and 89.7 million tons of liquid hydrocarbons (recoverable). At full capacity the field will annually produce up to 25 billion cubic meters of gas and no less than 1.5 million tons of oil. The start of gas production is scheduled for late 2018.
The Chayandinskoye field will become one of the main gas sources for the Power of Siberia gas trunkline, which will deliver gas from the Irkutsk and Yakutia production centers to the Far East and China.
It is planned to deliver oil from the Chayandinskoye field to the Eastern Siberia – Pacific Ocean oil pipeline once commercial production is launched.

About Gazprom

Gazprom is a global energy company. Its major business lines are geological exploration, production, transportation, storage, processing and sales of gas, gas condensate and oil, sales of gas as a vehicle fuel as well as generation and marketing of heat and electric power.

Gazprom views its mission in reliable, efficient and balanced supply of natural gas, other energy resources and their derivatives to consumers.

Gazprom holds the world’s largest natural gas reserves. The Company’s share in the global and Russian gas reserves makes up 18 and 72 per cent respectively. Gazprom accounts for 14 and 74 per cent of the global and Russian gas output accordingly. At present, the Company actively implements large-scale projects aimed at exploiting gas resources of the Yamal Peninsula, Arctic Shelf, Eastern Siberia and the Far East, as well as hydrocarbons exploration and production projects abroad.

Gazprom is a reliable supplier of gas to Russian and foreign consumers. The Company owns the world’s largest gas transmission network – the Unified Gas Supply System of Russia with the total length of over 168 thousand kilometers. Gazprom sells more than half of overall produced gas to Russian consumers and exports gas to more than 30 countries within and beyond the former Soviet Union.