On August 29, 2019 a solemn ceremony of putting Eastern blocks of the Srednebotuobinskoye oil, gas and condensate field into commercial operation will take place. The event is timed to coincide with the First Republican Oil and Gas Forum, which will be held in Mirny (Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) on August 29 and 30.
- The ceremony will be attended by:Aysen Nikolayev, Head of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
- Deputy Ministers of Energy, Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation
- Alexey Kolodeznikov, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
- Kirill Bychkov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
- Rishat Yuzmukhametov, Head of Mirny District municipal entity
- Nikolay Pinchuk, member of the Board of Directors of JSC “RNG”, Eminent Geologist of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
- Vasily Kolmogorov, member of the Board of Directors of RNG, Eminent Geologist of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
- Alexander Uskov, Deputy General Director of RNG, Head of Capital Construction Department.
- Evgeny Cherkaev, Deputy CEO, RNG, Chief Operating Officer
- members of the public, human rights activists, foremen of student construction brigades, environmentalists.
Background:
The field is located in the south-east of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), 130 km from Mirny. The proved recoverable oil reserves at the Eastern blocks are 28 million tons, gas reserves are 14.3 billion m3, and condensate reserves are 168,000 tons.
To ensure hydrocarbon production at the field, adequate infrastructure has been put in place including high-voltage power lines, central oil gathering station, oil gathering networks, water pipelines and reservoir pressure maintenance systems, as well as a network of service lanes with a total length of over 150 km. Construction of production facilities for preparation of 1.29 million tons of oil per year has been completed. Development drilling is carried out with seven drilling rigs.
In 2018, RNG started trial operation of the field. The oil produced is delivered to the Eas¬tern Siberia – Pacific Ocean pipeline system.
RNG is an oil and gas production company based in the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia. It is a part of EASTSIB HOLDING group of companies.
The main office of RNG is located in Moscow, offices of spin-off subdivisions are located in Yakutsk, Mirny, Ust-Kut, Samara, Lensk and Irkutsk.
