OREANDA-NEWS. In June 2016 TATNEFT Croup enterprises produced 2,311,321 tonnes of crude oil (104.3% versus June 2015, +94,631 tonnes) with the six months volume amounting to 13,907,617 tonnes (104.9% versus 2015, + 649,873 tonnes).

The production volume of PJSC TATNEFT amounted to 2,283,710 tonnes of crude oil in June (104.3% versus June 2015, +94,673 tonnes) - the planned figure was surpassed by 78,645 tonnes. The production for the six months amounted to 13,739,289 tons (104.8% +629 573 tonnes) - the planned figure for the six months was exceeded by 352,234 tonne (102.6 percent).

The Company’s subsidiaries produced 27,611 tonnes in June 2016 at the licensed areas outside the Republic of Tatarstan (99.8 percent versus June 2015; -42 tonnes) with the six months volume amounting to 168,328 tonnes (113.7 percent, +20,300 tonnes).

The subsidiaries of TATNEFT overfulfilled the plan in June in the licensed areas outside the Republic of Tatarstan by 2,141 tonnes (108.4 percent) with the production volume for six months amounting to 11,456 tonnes (107.3 percent).

293 new wells were built and delivered to customers during six months in 2016, which was 13% more than during the similar period of 2015 (259 wells in 2015) with the production well drilling amounting to 205 wells with 12 wells of this number being in-fill wells; 3 exploratory wells and drilling to bitumen: 85 wells.

Active Well Stock Drilling

There were 45 sidetracks and horizontal wellbores delivered during six months in 2016 accounting for 36 per cent increase versus the similar period of 2015 (33 wells in 2015).

The average number of crews engaged in conventional drilling during six months of 2016 amounted to 47 drilling crews. 11 crews were engaged in drilling sidetracks and horizontal wellbores. 6 drilling crews performed drilling to the bituminous deposits.