OREANDA-NEWS. October 6, 2011. During 9 months 2011, OJSC "Surgutneftegas" prospecting and exploratory meterage drilled in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) totaled 34.3 thousand meters, which makes 153% of the results performed in the same period of 2010. The Company tested 86 geological sites and commissioned 23 exploration and prospecting wells.

We acquired data to discover new deposits of hydrocarbons in Vostochno-Alinsky (within Central Block of the Talakanskoye oil and gas condensate field), Kedrovy, and Severo-Talakansky license areas. Additions to C1 reserves amounted to 8.8 mn tons of oil.

The amount of seismic operations has been growing as well. In 2010, 2D and 3D seismic surveys covered 1,535 linear km and 228 sq. km, respectively, whereas this year it is expected to acquire 4,787 linear km of 2D and 841 sq. km of 3D seismic profiles.

Today, geological exploration works are carried out in 19 license areas with the help of five working crews and 21 drilling rigs. In 2011, prospecting and exploratory drilling in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) is planned to total over 45 thousand meters.

On the whole, since Surgutneftegas has been operating on the territory of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), prospecting and exploration drilling amounted to 188 thousand linear meters, with 94 prospecting and exploratory wells completed.