Gazprom notes increase in production at Sakhalin-3 project due to growing demand in Far East

YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK. Oct 14 (Interfax) - Gazprom Dobycha Shelf Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk LLC increased hydrocarbon production in 2025 to meet the growing demand in the Far East, the company's press service said.

"The year 2025 became a time of several records for Gazprom Dobycha Shelf Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in terms of daily hydrocarbon production. The demand for gas in the regions of the Far East has been increasing significantly in recent years. The driver is the dynamic implementation of the gas infrastructure development program for the constituent entities. And the need for energy resources is especially high during peak loads - in the cold winter months," the company's general director, Valery Guryanov, was quoted as saying.

This year, specialists from the production enterprise, as well as from relevant Gazprom subsidiaries, worked on improving the efficiency of the field operations. The tank farm for stable condensate was expanded, and additional elements of the gas treatment technological chain were launched, increasing the efficiency of bringing hydrocarbons to the required commercial specifications.

Previously, citing Guryanov, it was reported that the field reached a productivity level of 9.3 million cubic meters per day (around 3 billion cubic meters per year) at the end of 2022. Guryanov did not specify the production level for 2025. The design level of annual production of 5.5 billion cubic meters corresponds to a daily production level of around 16 million cubic meters.

The Kirinskoye field (Sakhalin-3 project) is located on the shelf of Sakhalin (the Sea of Okhotsk), 28 km from the shore (water depth: 90 meters). This is the first field in Russia where production is carried out from a subsea complex. It began in 2013, and in 2023 all seven production wells envisaged by the project were commissioned. The design capacity of the field is 5.5 bcm of gas per year. Currently, production is below the design capacity and is carried out in an intermittent mode depending on seasonal consumption fluctuations.