Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 22 / Trend E.Ismayilov /
Russia's Lukoil Company held exercises in Astrakhan to eliminate gas fountains on the offshore ice-resistant fixed platform when drilling and exploiting wells in the Yuri Korchagin field in the Russian sector of the Caspian Sea, the company reported.
During the exercises, there were practiced steps to evacuate the platform, the company's specialized fleet's exercises on extinguishing of fire, formulation of booms and collect spilled oil, and activities for the installation of new valves, sealing the well and the elimination of the fountain.
Participants of the exercises proposed to hold tactical and special exercise to eliminate oil and gas fountains on the field in the first half of 2011 to clarify the adequacy of available forces and means of Lukoil, and other specialized organizations on effective and short-term liquidation of accidents on the offshore ice-resistant fixed platform.
Lukoil earlier announced that it will transport the first crude oil from the Yuri Korchagin field located in the Russian sector of the northern Caspian Sea, to the port of Novorossiysk through Makhachkala.
Russian oil company Lukoil is considering at least four routes of oil transported from the Caspian fields under development, Dmitry Dolgov, the company spokesman, told Trend earlier. "We have at least four options for oil transportation from Caspian fields. These are the CPC (Caspian Pipeline Consortium), the Baku-Ceyhan pipeline, delivery to our Volgograd refinery and Baku-Novorossiysk," Dolgov said.
On Sept. 23, 2010, the Russian state subcommittee on customs-tariff policy approved the proposal to introduce a concessionary duty on oil exports from the North Caspian fields. It is assumed that these benefits will take effect from 2011.
Oil production at the Yuri Korchagin field began in April 2010.
The oil field named after the former Chairman of the Board of Directors of LUKOIL Yury Korchagin, was discovered in 2000. It is located in the Russian sector of the Caspian Sea, on the Shirotnaya, 180 km from Astrakhan, and 240 km from Makhachkala. The sea depth - 11-13 m. Crude oil extraction in the North Caspian Sea, carried out by LUKOIL-Nizhnevolzhskneft, began in April 2010. The 3P deposit reserves exceed 270 million boe.
Oil, extracted from the field with the help of marine offshore oil rig, is transported via the subsea pipeline (diameter - 300 mm, length - 60 km) to a 28,000dwt floating storage facility, made fast to a LUKOIL's berth.
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