Ukrgazvydobuvannya, part of the Naftogaz group, has commissioned a new high-yield exploration well with a flow rate of 383,000 cubic meters of natural gas per day.
This was reported in a press release of the group with reference to the chairman of the board of Naftogaz of Ukraine, Serhiy Koretsky.
“This result is a joint achievement of all divisions of Ukrgazvydobuvannya that were involved in the design, drilling, and development.
I would like to thank everyone who worked on this well. Step by step, we are strengthening our own production,” he said.
The well is inclined, with a depth of almost 5.7 km. All work, from drilling to commissioning, was completed a month and a half ahead of schedule.
According to Naftogaz, two more exploration wells are currently being drilled at the same field, and three more are planned to start drilling in the near future.
As reported, Ukrgazvydobuvannya set a new drilling record in January-March 2025, reaching 107,136 meters, which is almost twice as much as in the same period of 2024 and exceeds the previous quarterly maximum recorded in the third quarter of 2024 (102,866 meters).
JSC Ukrgazvydobuvannia launched a new exploration well at the Bezpalivske field in Kharkiv region with a flow rate of 160,000 cubic meters of gas per day, according to a press release from the company.
“The Bezpalivske field is relatively young. At present, the field’s reserves amount to more than 4 billion cubic meters of gas, and we continue to explore the field – we have carried out 3D seismic surveys, we are drilling exploratory wells,” Oleksandr Romaniuk, the director of the Naftogaz Exploration and Production division, said.
According to him, in 2018 Ukrgazvydobuvannia also launched a modern complex gas treatment unit and is intensifying production at already operating wells. As a result, over the past four years, the company has managed to quadruple production at this field, to 222 million cubic meters of gas in 2021.
“In 2022, we expect this positive trend to continue, the new well will contribute to this,” Romaniuk stressed.
The location for drilling a well with a depth of 5,200 meters was determined based on the results of 3D seismic surveys conducted in 2020.
The Bezpalivske field was put into pilot development in 1995. During this time, 27% of the initial gas reserves were produced at the field.
NJSC Naftogaz Ukrainy owns 100% of the shares of Ukrgazvydobuvannia.
