OREANDA-NEWS. May 24, 2010. The Gas Compression Division at Samotlorneftegaz (a subsidiary of TNK-BP) exceeded its production target for April 2010 by 5%, reported the press-centre of TNK-BP.

The Division has been performing at this level since the start of the year. TNK-BP fields have so far pumped 676 mln cubic metres of gas for processing by Yugragazpererabotka, against a target of 645 mln cubic metres. Specialists in the Gas Compression Division have organized the stable operation of over 700 km of pipelines built to transport associated gas. This is pumped not only from fields in the Nizhnevartovsk district, but also from Raduzhny.

The uninterrupted supply of gas means that emergency flaring is no longer necessary at the fields and rules out the risk of environmental contamination.