Yuzhno Khylchuyu Oil Field

Summary Information

• Operator: Lukoil
• Country: Russia
• Location: Nenets Autonomous District
• Production start: 2008
• Partners: Conocophillips
• Type: Oil
• Estimated Reserves:
• Production Volume:

+++ Description

• Oil produced at the field is transported by a 158-kilometer-long oil pipeline (530 mm in diameter) to the Varandey Oil Export Terminal located on the Barents Sea coast
• Oil quality there surpasses the Russian Urals export blend quality: its density is 35.5 API (Urals, 32.0 API), and sulfur content is 0.71% (Urals, 1.3%)

+++ Contractors

• **Giprogazoochistka:**

* Gas sweetening plant, sulfur recovery plant and sulfur storage facility
* Hookup of sulfur granulation unit

+++ History

• 1981 - The field was discovered
• 1999 - Duma gives permission for development in the region
• 2008 - First production from the field

+++ Geology

+++ Links

1. Giprogazoochistka Oil And Gas Processing References
2. Lukoil And Conoco Move Closer To Developing Major Reserves In Russia
3. Lukoil, ConocoPhillips’ Yuzhno Khylchuyu (YK) Field Production Begins