OREANDA-NEWS. In August 2015, PJSC TATNEFT produced 2,274,488 tonnes of crude oil or 102.1% versus August 2014 (+46,409 tonnes). The volume of crude oil production for eight months of 2015 amounted to 17,660,243 tonnes, which was 218,730 tonnes more than in 2014 (101.1%).

The production volume for TATNEFT Group of Companies amounted to 17,866,349 tonnes of crude oil (101.2%; +221,285 tonnes versus the level of the previous year).

New Drilling

The new drilling penetration for eight months of 2015 amounted to 582.1 thousand meters (plan – 543 thousand meters) with the production drilling accounting for 366 thousand meters (plan – 346.7 thousand meters) and exploratory drilling accounting for 12.2 thousand meters (plan – 11.4 thousand meters), while drilling to bitumen deposits amounted to 203.9 thousand meters (plan – 184.9 thousand meters).

5.8 thousand meters (plan – 2.9 thousand meters) were penetrated for OOO “Tatneft-Samara”, including production drilling amounting to 3.1 thousand meters (plan – 1.7 thousand meters) and exploratory drilling amounting to 2.7 thousand meters (plan – 1.2 thousand meters).

393 wells (plan – 375 wells) were delivered to customers, including production drilling amounting to 210 wells (plan – 200 wells) and exploratory drilling amounting to 7 wells (plan – 6 wells). Drilling to bitumen deposits amounted to 176 wells (plan – 169 wells).

2 wells (plan – 2 wells) were delivered for OOO “Tatneft-Samara”, including 1 production well (plan – 1 well) and 1 exploratory well (plan – 1 well).

Active Well Stock Drilling

The penetration of sidetracking and horizontal wellbores amounted to 19.4 thousand meters for eight months of 2015 (plan – 18.9 thousand meters), while 50 wells (plan – 48 wells) were delivered to customers.

The average number of drilling crews performing conventional well drilling operations during eight months of 2015 amounted to 43, while 10 drilling crews were engaged in drilling laterals and lateral horizontal wellbores.

24 drilling crews performed drilling to the bituminous deposits.

Repair of Wells

During eight months of 2015, the crews of well remedial servicing, workover and oil recover operations performed well remedial servicing in 6,161 wells (942 wells in August) and workover operations in 1,557 wells (233 wells in August).

54 wells were repaired outside of the Republic of Tatarstan for OOO “Tatneft-Samara”.

Formation hydrocracking operations were carried out in 440 wells (58 wells in August).

Crude oil recover enhancement operations were performed in 1,804 wells (254 wells in August), including chemical methods applied in 880 wells (128 wells in August).

Production Performance of JSC TANECO

The TANECO Complex of Refining and Petrochemical Plants processed 807.4 thousand tonnes of raw materials in August 2015 and 6,092.8 thousand tonnes since the beginning of the year, including 734.9 thousand tonnes of crude oil and 5,764.1 thousand tonnes since the beginning of the year. The Complex yielded 774.5 thousand tonnes of oil products in August and 5,851.8 thousand tonnes since the beginning of the year.