In the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District of the Russian Federation, hydrocarbon and gas deposits have been discovered for quite some time. In this case, we are talking about the Yarudeyskoye field. A more accurate location is the upper reaches of the Poluy River, the right tributary of the Ob River. This field was discovered a long time ago - in 2008, but it began to be developed much later.
Short description
All rights to the exploration and production of hydrocarbons in the Yarudeyskoye field were obtained by Yargeo LLC. The share of NOVATEK is 51%, and another 49% of the company belongs to the Energy Fund. It is worth noting that this particular field is the largest asset of NOVATEK.
The Yarudeyskoye field began to be developed only in 2015, that is, 7 years after the discovery. As for the design production capacity, it is 9.7 thousand tons per day. That is, up to 3.5 million tons of oil should be produced from here in a year. It was possible to reach such indicators only by January 2016, that is, a month after the start of production. The main reserves recovered from the Yarudeyskoye field were oil deposits.
condition
By December 31, 2012, 4.5 million tons of liquid hydrocarbons, as well as 7.4 billion m 3 of gas, were in the field from proved reserves. In the same year, a geological exploration operation was completed. The essence of the work was to drill a well in order to establish an accurate geological model of the Yarudeyskoye oil field and to further increase its reserves.
It is worth noting here that this field has quite unique properties in terms of geology.
It was his geology, as well as the advanced technologies in the field of oil production and well drilling that led to the fact that it was possible to get up to 350 tons of oil per day from just one well. In Western Siberia, this indicator is the largest.
Infrastructure
If we talk about infrastructure, then the following should be noted. There are 39 production wells, there is a common oil collection point, which is central, there are gas and oil collecting stations, as well as a pumping station, an oil and gas pipeline.
Relatively recently, in 2017, work was carried out to modernize the gas assembly facility. At minimal cost, it was possible to increase the capacity of the facility, improve the quality of drying and increase the yield of liquid fraction.
Initially, 720 million US dollars were allocated for the full development of this field. As for oil transportation, it enters the Zapolyarye-Purpe trunk oil pipeline.