OREANDA-NEWS. August 28, 2012. At Novoportovskoe oil-gas-condensate field, the first production well drilled on well pad No. 2 tested first oil. This directional well, 2,200 meters long, was spud in in May 2012. As of today, work is being done at the field to build a central oil gathering and processing facility (CPF), lay oil gathering lines and build a gas turbine power plant.

By the end of 2012, another exploratory well is planned to be reactivated and four new production wells to spud in at Novoportovskoe field. In winter 2013, three exploratory wells and one production well will be hydrofractured. Today, Novoportovskoe is the northernmost field among the producing oil-gas-condensate fields on the Yamal Peninsula.

“Production of first oil from Novoportovskoe field is the new stage in our project here. When the production wells are put onstream we will be able to get a better understanding of the field’s production potential and update our development program. As the well testing and field construction activities proceed, we can prepare Novoportovskoe to a year-round production which is expected to start in 2014”, — Gazprom Neft First Deputy CEO Vadim Yakovlev said.