The first well in second-phase development of Vladimir Filanovsky oil field in the Caspian Sea has started production at an initial rate of 2,400 tonnes/day of oil.
Operator Lukoil drilled the well to 3.5 km MD with a horizontal section of 1.2 km.
The start-up boosts production in the field to 16,800 tonnes/day.
Lukoil has started drilling an injection well as part of the second phase, which includes a fixed, ice-resistant platform and an accommodation block platform.
The field is in 7-11 m of water 220 km off Astrakhan. Production began in 2016.
In the first phase, which also included a fixed, ice-resistant platform and accommodation block platform as well as a riser block and central platform, Lukoil drilled six production and two injection wells (OGJ Online, Oct. 30, 2017).
Construction of a wellhead platform in the third development phase began last year.
Lukoil estimates reserves at 129 million tonnes of oil and 30 billion cu m of natural gas.
