Talakan oil field

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Coordinates: 60 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  N , 112 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  E

Oil and gas fields in southern Siberia: (1) Jurubchen-Tochom, (2) Soba, (3) Kowykta, (4) Markowo, (5) Werrechschona, (6) Talakan, (7) Srednebotuoba, (8) Verkhnevilyutschan, (9) Basychtach
Geological longitudinal section along the line AB in above. Fig. With drilling depths of the oil fields

The Talakan oil field is a significant oil deposit in Siberia . It is located in the southwest of the Sakha Republic in the area of ​​the central reaches of the Lena , about 200 km west of the city of Lensk and 100 km north of the settlement Witim . It was discovered in 1987. In 1993 the geological exploration and the first extraction began as part of a pilot operation by the Lenaneftegas company , a subsidiary of Sachaneftegas . In 1994 a temporary pipeline was laid in the Witim settlement on the Lena. The exploration did not progress due to the crisis of the 1990s, and Lenaneftegas' license expired in 1998. In April 2001, the exploration and funding was put out to tender again. After a controversial licensing, in which the company Yukos initially took over Sachaneftegas and got the license, which was withdrawn from it in 2003, the company Surgutneftegas was awarded the contract at the end of 2003 . Surgutneftegas paid a license fee of $ 61 million .

The Talakan field is estimated to contain 125 million tons of oil (900 million barrels ) and 60 million cubic meters of gas. The production layers lie at a relatively shallow depth of 1000 to 1200 m. In 2004 and 2005, Surgutneftegas produced around 250,000 tons of oil annually in the Talakan oil field. In 2008 the output was approx. 600,000 tons. In 2009, Surgutneftegas anticipated a production volume of 1.5 million tons. In 2010 more than 6.5 million tons of oil were produced. From 2011, Surgutneftegas expects an annual production of five to seven million tons.

An originally planned pipeline to the city of Ust-Kut was abandoned in 2006 in favor of the connection to the East Siberia-Pacific Pipeline (ESPO). The first construction phase of this pipeline has been in use since October 4th, 2008. The Witim an der Lena settlement serves the Surgutneftegas company as a logistics base for the development and exploitation of the Talakan oil field. The company estimates the need for investment in the Talakan oil field by 2011 at 98 billion rubles (2.75 billion euros).

In 2009, the Russian government approved a three-year customs tax exemption for all East Siberian oil production sites. The Talakan oil field and the Surgutneftegas company also benefit from this .

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