Yuri Korchagin Oil and Gas Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Lukoil
- Country: Russia
- Location: Caspian Sea
- Production start: 2010
- Partners:
- Type: Oil & Gas
- Estimated Reserves: 3P reserves are 570 million boe
- Production Volume:
+++ Description
- The field is named after Yuri Korchagin, a former Secretary to LUKOIL's Board of Directors.
- It will be the first of the North Caspian fields to be brought commercially on-stream, scheduled for December 2009.
- The field is 180 kilometers from the City of Astrakhan and 240 km from Makhachkala at sea depth of 11-13 meters.
- 3P reserves are 570 million boe.
- Oil and gas condensate production will peak at 2.3 million tonnes oil and 1.2 bcm gas per year.
- Field construction will include 26 production wells, three water injectors and one gas-injector
++++ Platforms
- The LSP-1 m is an ice-resistant fixed platform and has a 560-tonne rig capable of drilling up to 7,400 meters wells.
- LSP-2 is a living quarters for up to 105 employees
- The marine transportation complex consists of a floating storage offloading system (FSO) and tower mooring system for shuttle tankers. The FSO has deadweight of 28,000 tonnes. It measures 132x32 m and with hull-height 15.7 m, and is manned by a crew of 25
+++ Contractors
- **Bluewater:** Design, procurement and fabrication of Soft Yoke Mooring System
- **McDermott:** Engineering, procurement, transportation and installation of Two integrated topsides and 36 miles of pipeline
+++ History
- 2000 - Yuri Korchagin field was discovered by LUKOIL
- 2007 - Bluewater Soft Yoke Mooring System contract
- 2010 - Oil production started
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