Geological Exploration Print version

At present, OAO TATNEFT holds 80 hydrocarbon reserves exploration and development licenses, including 73 licenses in the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan and 7 licenses outside Tatarstan (one license in Samara and Orenburg Regions each, two licenses in Ulyanovsk Region, and three licenses in Nenets Autonomous District).

Deep-hole drilling started to 12 elevations in 2008: Vernoye, Vostochno-Tagaiskoye, Dvinskoye, Ishkeyevskoye, Koloskovskoye, Kondratyevskoye, Severo-Bogemskoye, Severo-Karachevskoye, Tagaiskoye, Shadkinskoye, Shumkovskoye in the Republic of Tatarstan, and Vostochno-Matrosovskoye in the Orenburg District.

Seismic prospective crews of OOO TNG-Group prepared 21 structures with perspective resources for deep drilling, including 17 structures in the Republic of Tatarstan and 4 structures in the Samara District.

Annual and successive geological surveying works performed by OAO TATNEFT ensured the increment of recoverable oil reserves for the last 7 years in volumes compensating current oil production.

According to the assessment of Miller & Lents international consulting company proved developed, undeveloped and undrilled oil reserves amounted to 878.2 million tons as of the beginning of 2009.

6 new fields were discovered. Among them there are 4 oil fields: Karachevskoye, Gareiskoye, Zapadno-Tyurnyasevskoye, Shadkinskoye, one Khongorskoye field with free gas deposits, and one Moroznoye field with extra-viscous oil deposits.

As of today OAO TATNEFT invests into prospecting and exploration of fields not only in Tatarstan, but also in the Republic of Kalmykia, Orenburg, Samara and Ulyanovsk Districts, and in the Nenetz Autonomous Area. There are 13 affiliated and subordinate companies with 30 licensed areas working in the Russian Federation with participation of TATNEFT's capital.

OAO TATNEFT and its 13 dependent affiliated companies were granted 110 licenses as of Jan. 1, 2009.

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