The first Russian PTL project was implemented in November 2003 at TNK-Nizhnevartovsk. It focused on two northern domes of the Samotlor field – Senchenskiy and Kasparovskiy. The main reservoir rock layers end around these domes, forming small local arches. Earlier, these sites had not been included in the development. Recently, however, they were opened with a small number of wells, some of them horizontal. Selection of these sites for a PTL was completely justified. Most of the production growth in 2004 at TNK-Nizhnevartovsk came from these two domes. The daily average production increase at TNK-Nizhnevartovsk over nine months amounted to 15%. The PTL work team consisted of 20 pe...
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