ANNUAL REPORT 2005 - Lukoil
ANNUAL REPORT 2005 - Lukoil
ANNUAL REPORT 2005 - Lukoil
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<strong>ANNUAL</strong> <strong>REPORT</strong>, <strong>2005</strong><br />
GEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION, OIL & GAS RESERVES<br />
Geological Exploration<br />
The main task of LUKOIL's geological exploration work is to replace production with new commercial<br />
reserves and to rapidly prepare resources in promising regions for exploitation. The Company places<br />
special emphasis on use of the latest technologies in its geological exploration work, enabling considerable<br />
efficiency improvements.<br />
Exploration Drilling,<br />
thousand meters<br />
2D Seismic Survey, km<br />
3D Seismic Survey, km 2<br />
200<br />
20,000<br />
6,000<br />
5,686<br />
150<br />
146<br />
118<br />
131<br />
15,000<br />
14,597<br />
4,000<br />
100<br />
10,000<br />
9,752<br />
9,787<br />
2,429<br />
2,153<br />
2,000<br />
50<br />
5,000<br />
0<br />
2003<br />
2004<br />
<strong>2005</strong><br />
0<br />
2003<br />
2004<br />
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0<br />
2003<br />
2004<br />
<strong>2005</strong><br />
Most of the Company's exploration drilling in <strong>2005</strong> was concentrated in the Timan-Pechora oil & gas<br />
province, Western Siberia and the Caspian Sea. Total exploration drilling in <strong>2005</strong> was 131,000 meters.<br />
The Company is continuously increasing volumes of 2D and 3D seismic surveying in order to discover<br />
and reveal details of new structures, and to prepare drilling of prospecting and exploration wells at<br />
promising sites. The quality of seismic work and the speed of data processing and interpretation have<br />
improved in recent years mainly thanks to use of new information technologies. In <strong>2005</strong> LUKOIL carried<br />
out 9,787 km of 2D seismic and 5,686 km 2 of 3D seismic. Vertical seismic profiling was carried<br />
out at 40 wells.<br />
Geoelectrics, km<br />
3,000<br />
2,488<br />
2,381<br />
Exploration Costs, $ million<br />
500<br />
426<br />
400<br />
Hydrocarbon Reserves<br />
Extensions and Discoveries,<br />
International Classification,<br />
million boe<br />
800<br />
640<br />
676<br />
2,000<br />
300<br />
259<br />
309<br />
600<br />
430<br />
1,000<br />
1,033<br />
200<br />
400<br />
100<br />
200<br />
0<br />
2003<br />
2004<br />
<strong>2005</strong><br />
0<br />
2003<br />
2004<br />
<strong>2005</strong><br />
0<br />
2003<br />
2004<br />
<strong>2005</strong><br />
20