OREANDA-NEWS. February 10, 2014. Crude Oil Production

The amount of 2,221,896 tons of crude oil or 100.6 percent versus January 2013 was produced at JSC TATNEFT. All the NGDUs fulfilled the plan 100 per cent.

The amount of 2,196,785 tons of oil was delivered with the above-the-plan delivery amounting to 19,955 tons.

New Drilling

The new drilling penetration in January of 2014 amounted to 31.5 thousand meters (44.3 thousand meters in 2013). Of this amount 25.5 thousand meters (35.8 thousand meters in 2013) were penetrated for JSC TATNEFT, including production drilling in the amount of 23.4 thousand meters and exploratory drilling amounting to 2.1 thousand meters. 1.0 thousand meters (3.4 thousand meters in 2013) were penetrated for O "Tatneft-Samara", including production drilling in the amount of 1.0 thousand meters.

25 wells (19 wells in 2013) were constructed and delivered to the customers with 16 wells (15 wells in 2013) delivered to JSC TATNEFT, including 16 wells of production drilling.

Active Well Stock Drilling

The penetration of sidetracking and horizontal wellbores in January 2014 amounted to 5.3 thousand meters (3.1 thousand meters in 2013). 1.6 thousand meters (1.4 thousand meters in 2013) were drilled for JSC TATNEFT.

7 wells (6 wells in 2013) were delivered to the customers. Of this amount 6 wells (2 wells in 2013) were delivered to JSC TATNEFT.

The average number of drilling crews performing well drilling operations in January 2014 amounted to 33.5. 14.5 drilling crews are engaged in drilling lateral and lateral horizontal wellbores. One drilling crew performs drilling to the bituminous deposits of Ashalchinskoye field for NGDU "Nurlatneft".

The penetration per crew engaged in new drilling amounted to 901 meters in January 2014. 3.1 thousand meters were penetrated outside the Republic of Tatarstan.

Repair of Wells

In January 2014 the crews of remedial servicing, workover and oil recovery enhancement performed remedial servicing of 628 wells and workover in 136 wells, including production string sealing performed in 18 wells, shutting-off individual layers and recompletion in other intervals in 14 wells, transfer of wells into different categories and wells completion for injection in 10 wells, liquidation of downhole complications and cleaning of production casing and bottomhole in 14 wells and installation of isolating packers and dual completion systems in 4 wells.

10 wells were repaired outside the Republic of Tatarstan for "Tatneft-Samara".

Formation hydrofracking operations were performed in 45 wells.

Drilling of one small diameter well No. 25116 was started for NGDU "Almetyevneft".

Works on oil recovery enhancement were performed in 157 wells, including chemical methods applied in 87 wells.

Bottomhole area treatment operations with application of JSC TATNEFT's technologies were performed in 249 wells.

Production Performance of the JSC TANECO

The TANECO Complex of Refining and Petrochemical Plants processed 648.1 thousand tons of crude oil and yielded 679.6 thousand tons of oil products in January 2014.