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 />
Fields and license areas of LUKOIL Group in the Northern Caspian<br />
Rakushechnoye<br />
100%<br />
V. Filanovsky<br />
100%<br />
100%<br />
50%<br />
Sarmatskoye<br />
Khvalynskoye<br />
Yu. Korchagin<br />
100%<br />
KAZAKHSTAN<br />
100%<br />
170 th Kilometer<br />
RUSSIAN<br />
FEDERATION<br />
Yalama-Samur<br />
100%<br />
25%<br />
Tsentralnoye<br />
The new field is the first predominantly oil field at LUKOIL's license areas in the Northern Caspian. Oil represents<br />
78% of total reserves, whereas all other fields, which the Company has discovered in the Caspian, contain<br />
mainly gas. Oil at the Filanovsky field is of remarkably high quality, with density of 44 API and 0.1% sulphur<br />
content. Because of this the oil is expected to have a price premium of $1.5 per barrel to Brent.<br />
Oil production potential at the Filanovsky field exceeds that at previously discovered Caspian fields,<br />
and it is the largest field discovered in Russia in the last 10 years. Preliminary calculations suggest that<br />
peak annual production at the field will be over 5 million tonnes, which will enable LUKOIL to significantly<br />
improve profitability margins of the high-cost Caspian business.<br />
During 10 years of work in the Russian sector of the Caspian Sea LUKOIL has drilled 9 wells, and total estimated<br />
hydrocarbon discoveries in all categories (proved, probable and possible) are 4.0 billion boe. During the last five<br />
years LUKOIL has spent $200 million on resource base development in the Russian sector of the Caspian Sea.<br />
LUKOIL is currently carrying out supplementary exploration and production preparations at fields in the<br />
Northern Caspian. In <strong>2005</strong> the Astrakhan Shipbuilding Company continued work on an ice-resistant<br />
stationary platform for use by LUKOIL on the Caspian Sea shelf. According to the schedule, the platform<br />
should be ready for towing out to sea in August 2008 and production at the Yu. Korchagin field<br />
will begin in the fourth quarter of the same year.<br />
That will mark the start of commercial oil & gas production at LUKOIL fields in the Northern Caspian.<br />
Other fields will be brought on stream one by one, and daily hydrocarbon production at fields in the<br />
Russian sector of the Caspian Sea should be in excess of 450,000 boe by 2015.<br />
The Caspian Sea has a high level of ecological sensitivity. LUKOIL therefore pays huge attention to<br />
ecological aspects of its work in the Caspian and treats avoidance of environmental hazards as the basic<br />
principle of its strategy in the region.<br />
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