OREANDA-NEWS. In January 2015 JSC TATNEFT produced   2,233,498 tons of crude oil or 100.5% versus January 2014. All the NGDUs fulfilled the plan   100%,   NGDU “Nurlatneft” fulfilled the plan 100.11%.  

 The production volume of TATNEFT Group of Companies amounted to 2,259,135 tons. The oil production target was met.

New Drilling
The new drilling penetration for January of 2015 amounted to 40.6 thousand meters (31.5 thousand meters in 2014). Out of that amount drilling performed for JSC TATNEFT amounted to 33.3 thousand meters (25.5 thousand meters in 2014), including drilling to bitumen deposits amounting to 1.1 thousand meters, production drilling accounting for 29.0 thousand meters and exploratory drilling accounting for 3.2 thousand meters. 
0.2 thousand meters (1.0 thousand meters in 2014) were penetrated for OOO “Tatneft-Samara”, including exploratory drilling amounting to 0.2 thousand meters.
12 wells (25 wells in 2014) were constructed and delivered to customers. Out of this amount 8 wells were delivered to JSC TATNEFT (16 wells in 2014), including production drilling accounting for 8 wells.

Active Well Stock Drilling
In January 2015 the penetration of sidetracking and horizontal wellbores amounted to 3.1 thousand meters (5.3 thousand meters in 2014) with 1.2 thousand meters (1.6 thousand meters in 2014) drilled for JSC TATNEFT. 
5 wells (7 wells in 2014) were delivered to customers with 1 well for JSC TATNEFT (6 wells in 2014).
The average number of drilling crews performing conventional well drilling operations in January 2015 amounted to 38, while 10 drilling crews were engaged in drilling lateral and lateral horizontal wellbores. One drilling crew performed drilling to the bituminous deposits of Ashalchinskoye oil field for NGDU “Nurlatneft”.

In January 2015, the penetration per crew engaged in new drilling amounted to 1,041 meters. 2.9 thousand meters were penetrated outside the Republic of Tatarstan, including 1,9 thousand meters for penetration of sidetracks and horizontal holes.

Repair of Wells
In January 2015, the crews of well remedial servicing, workover and oil recovery enhancement performed routine overhaul in 641 wells and workover operations in 156 wells.

Production Performance of the JSC TANECO
The TANECO Complex of Refining and Petrochemical Plants processed 738.6 thousand tons of raw materials including 737.3 thousand tons of crude oil and yielded 730.6 thousand tons of oil products in January 2015.