Gazprom-AR2014

Performance Results
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The new gas production site utilises innovative technologies and design solutions. It has an
integrated production infrastructure for gas extraction from productive formations at various
depths: Cenomanian (520–700 m) and Aptian-Albian (1,200–2,000 m). This saves funds for development
and improves the field’s operating efficiency.
The summer oil shipment programme was completed (four tankers totalling 101 thousand
tonnes), an oil-loading terminal was constructed, and infrastructural construction and installation
started at the Novoportovskoye field in 2014.
In 2014, Russia’s first
Arctic offshore oil,
produced by
Gazprom, was sold in
the global markets.
The Arctic offshore
The Prirazlomnoye field is currently the only one on Russia’s Arctic offshore to have started oil
production. The oil grade is called Arctic Oil (ARCO). Its first four tankers totalling 300 thousand
tonnes were shipped in April 2014. A second (injection) well was drilled in the same year.
Eastern Siberia and the Russian Far East
The Kirinskoye Gas Condensate Field (GCF) started commercial operation in October 2014, with
the first gas delivered to the Sakhalin — Khabarovsk — Vladivostok trunk gas pipeline, to secure
gas supplies to Russian consumers. Stable gas condensate was delivered to the oil and condensate
pipeline controlled by Sakhalin Energy, Gazprom’s affiliated company. A total of 97.95 mmcm
of gas was produced, against the plan of 80 mmcm, with gas condensate production of 15.3 thousand
tonnes (13.5 thousand tonnes planned) in 2014.
The Chayandinskoye field in Yakutia produced its first 350 tonnes of oil in May 2014, with the
commissioning of the oil rim of the Buotubinsky horizon.
The Kovyktinskoye field is currently at the pilot production stage, with 40.6 mmcm of gas and
2.5 thousand tonnes of gas condensate produced in 2014.
The Chayandinskoye and Kovyktinskoye fields are designated as the resource base for the
Power of Siberia gas pipeline.
Development of conventional hydrocarbon reserves in oil and gas production areas with
well-developed infrastructure
In 2014, OAO Gazprom continued the Comprehensive Programme for Upgrading and Technical
Re-equipment of Gas Production Facilities for 2011–2015. The Programme is focused on a reliable,
safe, and cost-effective running of Gazprom Group’s production assets to achieve planned gas
production. RUB 19.5bn were allocated for this purpose in the reporting year (inclusive of VAT).
The work was performed at the Yamburgskoye, Urengoyskoye, Medvezhye, Yubileynoye,
Yamsoveiskoye, Vyngapurovskoye, Zapadno-Tarkosalinskoye, Komsomolskoye, Orenburgskoye
OGCF, Astrakhanskoye GCF and OOO Gazprom dobycha Krasnodar’s fields.
These measures allowed Gazprom to prevent a gas production drop by 34.0 mmcm per day
during consumption peaks in 2014–2015. The main contributing factors were: replacement of BCS
replaceable flow parts, upgrading BCS blowers and gas pumping units (GPU), replacement of
wellhead equipment and well tubing, workover of wells by side-tracking and installation of production
control systems on wells and flow lines.
APG utilisation increase
Gazprom neft
achieved an APG
utilisation rate
of 80.5% in 2014.
Gazprom Group is pursuing an energy saving and efficiency policy, continuously expanding its
range of relevant technologies. Production operations can benefit greatly from utilising APG to
produce electricity independently, including with the use of waste heat recovery (cogeneration).
In 2014, APG utilisation reached 93.5% at fields operated by OAO Gazprom’s gas production
subsidiaries and 80.5% throughout Gazprom neft Group.
Measures to increase APG utilisation rate were taken in 2014, at OAO Tomskgazprom’s fields
(Kazanskoye and Myldzhinskoye OGCF) and by Gazprom neft Group companies.
OAO Gazprom Annual Report 2014