Ukrnafta drilling new exploration well in western Ukraine

13:44, 24.11.2023 1 min read

PJSC Ukrnafta is constructing a new exploration well in western Ukraine, company director Serhiy Koretsky announced on his Facebook page.

According to him, the total depth of the new directional well is 2,213 m, more than 1,000 m have already been drilled to date. The work is being carried out using their own rig, which was used to drill a previous well in the same region.

The facility should provide access to two productive horizons. According to the constructed digital 3D geological and hydrodynamic model of the field, at greater depths there are 464,000 tonnes of mined reserves. The shallower horizon has 1.121 million tonnes of reserves.

"Thus, when we get a resource at a deeper horizon, and when production volumes drop, it will be possible to go back higher and give the well a second life with the help of a major overhaul. Such an approach will help the company use the existing technological resource more efficiently," Koretsky noted.