OREANDA-NEWS. Pilot production has begun at Gazprom Neft’s Tympuchikanskoye field, located in Eastern Siberia. The project includes operation and testing of well 96P.

The oil produced at the field is trucked to points of sale. The region’s geographical and climatic condition will allow only seasonal shipment of crude, from December through April, during the next few years.

Last year, five previously drilled wells were reactivated and retested at Tympuchikanskoye field. The flow rates reached 110 cubic meters of oil per day. 3D seismics were also shot covering a 300 square kilometer area. There are plans to continue seismic surveys in 2013, including further reactivation and retesting of the old well stock, as well as drilling three exploratory wells and one prospecting and appraisal well. Approximately 450 square kilometers will be covered by the seismics. Most of the area will be studied using the innovative technology UniQ, which is being applied here for the first time in Russia.