Interims16 Sep 2009 09:11
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Volga Gas PLC
16 September 2009
16 September 2009
Volga Gas plc
('Volga Gas' or 'the Company' or 'the Group')
HALF YEARLY RESULTS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 30 JUNE 2009
Volga Gas, the oil and gas exploration and production group operating in the Volga Region of European Russia, announces its half yearly results for the six months ended 30 June 2009.
KEY DEVELOPMENTS
KARPENSKIY LICENCE AREA
Supra-Salt (Uzenskoye oil field)
* Uzenskoye has been in continuous production for the full six month period.
* Average production of 1,050 b/d in the six months to 30 June 2009. Production in July and August averaged 1,600 b/d from three wells.
* Three further wells have been completed, tied-in to field facilities and are being put on production. Oil production is expected to rise to a sustainable rate of over 2,000 b/d.
Sub-Salt
* A rig was assembled on location to drill the first deep sub-salt well, Grafovskaya ž 1 on the Yuzhny Ershovskoye prospect.
* Drilling commenced on 28 August 2009. The well has been cased at 670 metres, has reached a depth of 1,180 metres and continues drilling through the thick salt section.
VOSTOCHNY-MAKAROVSKOYE
* VM ž 1 and VM ž 2 wells, were successfully completed and tested in 2008, and pipelines laid to the Dobrinskoye Gas Processing Unit ('GPU') in prep