OREANDA-NEWS. May 3, 2007.   Last year witnessed 14 Heater-Treater initial water discharge units, 4 booster pump stations and 3 field pump stations commissioned at Surgutneftegas fields. These facilities have been put into operation due to increased oil production at Vostochno-Surgutskoye field, commissioning of Zapadno-Sakhalinskoye, Severo-Labatyuganskoye fields and Zapadno-Perevalnaya area of Yukyaunskoye field.

Under Heater-Treater import substitution program for 2006 we performed field tests at Lyantorskoye field of oil dehydration pilot production unit ATON-1 manufactured at NPO “Neftekhim”, Saint-Petersburg. There were also field tests carried of direct reheat oil-gas separation unit manufactured by OJSC “Kurgankhimmash”.

The Company operates 13 gas turbine power plants (GTPP) with automatic control system. There are 4 gas turbine power plants, 3 gas piston power plants and 3 compressor stations under design and construction.

In 2006, we upgraded two compressor stations, one at Fedorovskoye and the other at Lyantorskoye fields with electric compressor replaced with high performance gas turbine drive. The stations are equipped with automatic control system. Vostochno-Yelovoye and Talakanskoye fields saw 2 gas piston power plants put into operation.

Almost 100% of Surgutneftegas on-site facilities are controlled by on-line monitoring system with data being transferred to the Company corporate network.