Ukrgasvydobuvannya, a part of Naftogaz Group, has commissioned a new high-performance well with a production rate of 274 thousand cubic metres of gas per day. Its peculiarity is that the planned well is located directly under a settlement.
This was reported by the press service of Naftogaz.
"The commissioning of the new well increased daily gas production at the field by 17%. The next well will be put into operation in August this year. I am grateful to the entire Ukrgasvydobuvannya team for their efficient work," said Oleksiy Chernyshov, CEO of Naftogaz Group.
The idea of drilling the well belongs to Andriy Tyro, Ukrainian Research Institute of Natural Gases developer, who assessed the field's production potential and found a remote site for its drilling. The development team performed a detailed geological and technical study and recommended the well for drilling.
"It was possible to drill a well under the settlement due to modern drilling equipment, advanced technologies and skills of Ukrburgaz specialists, who solved a rather difficult task and drilled a well with a bottom hole of more than 1300 m in 4 months. Given the large wellbore angle, Ukrgazpromgeophysics specialists performed complex logging operations and determined the depth of gas-bearing formations," said Serhiy Lagno, Acting Head of Ukrgasvydobuvannya.
In June, another well was launched in Ukraine, producing 280 thousand cubic metres of gas per day. In total, in the first half of 2024, Ukrgasvydobuvannya drilled 50 wells, of which 41 were put into operation.