LUKOIL started pilot production at the Yuzhno-Messoyakhskoye gas condensate field of the Bolshekhetskaya depression, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District, Russia, corporate website reports.
As of today, the company has drilled one multi-bore well with daily flowrate of 330K cubic meters of natural gas and 30 metric tons of condensate. To gather, process and ship gas and condensate, various facilities were constructed and commissioned including a unit for treatment of marketable gas with daily design capacity of 600K cubic meters of natural gas and 90K metric tons of condensate, a gas engine power plant, a 7-km-long gas pipeline, connecting the field with a transportation system, gas gathering systems, a methanol pipeline, other production infrastructure facilities and an accommodation camp with a canteen.
The final decision on further field development plan will be based upon results of operation of the first wells.