15.10.2010
"Interfax"
Khanty-Mansiisk.OAO NK "RussNeft" (RTC:RUSN) is upgrading the engineering infrastructure of Mokhtikovskoye oilfield, which will permit to increase the volume of oil pumping from this oilfield and the oilfields of the Tomsk block to the system of trunk pipelines of OAO AK "Transneft" (RTC TRNF) by 30-40%.
Mounting and start-up works of two line heaters ПНТПН-1.6 are under way at the central production facility "Mokhtikovsky" and the delivery and acceptance point "Mokhtik". One of them is meant for oil treatment and transportation, the other one is necessary for pumping oil to the system of trunk pipelines through oil company TNK-BP (RTC: TNBP).
At present the oilfield daily produces about 1.5 tons of hydrocarbon stock, the volume of oil pumping at "Mokhtik", taking into account the oil of ZAO "Tomskaya Neft", amounts to 1.9 thousand tons. Putting the line heaters into operation will enable the company to increase the volumes of oil processing and pumping.
"Aganneftegasgeologia" has licenses for the right of development of three subsoil areas which include 8 oilfields: Zapadno-Mogutlorsky license block (Zapadno-Mogutlorskoye, Mogutlorskoye, Vat-Yeganskooye, Severo-Pokachevskoye, Zhilinskoye oilfields), Roslavl License area (Roslavlskoye oilfield), Tchukhlorsky License block (Yuzhno-Roslavlskoye, Tchukhlorskoye oilfields). In 2007 the company obtained a license for exploration of Amputinsky subsoil area. The company has been carrying out industrial development of Mokhtikovskoye oilfield since January 2009.
Since 2009 OAO MPC "Aganneftegasgeologia" has been rendering operator's services to three subsidiaries of oil producing holding "RussNeft": OOO JV "Tchernogorskoye, ZAO "Goloil" and OAO "Mokhtikneft". Since April 2005 the company's production has been being consolidated in NK "RussNeft" ("RussNeft" owns 51.% of the shares of Aganneftegasgeologia".