LUKoil to develop first Baltic Sea oil field off Russia
LUKoil plans the first oil field development in the south-eastern Baltic Sea, starting the flow in 2004 from small
Kravtsovskoe (D-6) field off Kaliningrad. D-6 is expected to recover 64 mm barrel of oil in 12 years.
Production is to peak in 2006 at 12,000 bpd of 39.5 degrees gravity oil from a reservoir of Middle Cambrian age at
2,100-2,160 metres.
The fixed platform will accommodate 21 producing wells and 2 spare wells, LUKoil said. Drilling is expected to start
in March 2004. D-6 lies in 29-30 metres of water on the Baltic shelf 15 miles off the coast.
A 25-mile, 10-inch subsea pipeline will transport the production stream to the Romanovo oil gathering facility.
Separated oil will be shipped to the new Ijevskoe shore terminal. Treated gas will be used locally or flared, and
produced water is to be injected.
LUKoil said the nearby Kaliningradskoe (D-9) offshore oil discovery remains undeveloped. The company has denied
accusations that the zero-discharge project will cause environmental damage in the area.
To the west, Petrobaltic, Gdansk, developed B-3 oil field on the Baltic shelf off Poland in 1992. Its 12 wells
averaged 6,600 bpd of 42 degrees gravity oil from 1,450 m in 2001. The field's Z-7N well, with a 2,850 metres
horizontal deviation, is Poland's longest directional well.
