New oil field discovered in Nadymsky district of Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District
SALEKHARD. July 18 (Interfax) - A new oil field has been discovered following geological exploration in 2011 in the Nadymsky district of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District, the governor's office for Yamal-Nenets said.
The Lutseyakhskoye field was discovered through testing on Achimovsky layers in the Severo-Karasevskoye licensed section. Tests yieled a daily oil flow of 2.88 cubic meters.
The district's department for natural resource regulation, forestry and oil/gas development told Interfax that the new field will be placed on the subsoil balance this year. LLC NGP Severo-Karasevskoye owns the license for the same named section. If the company formalizes a certification for the Lutseyakhskoye field's discovery, it might be licensed for its development.
The governor's office also said that exploration operations and drilling went up by 3% year-on-year to 66,893 linear meters of rock in January-May 2011.
Geological exploration was implemented by 31 enterprises in 71 licensed sections in Yamal-Nenets.