Gazprom Field Bigger than it Thought

A gas field belonging to state-controlled Gazprom in the far north of Russia, the Tambey field, could have reserves of 3.7 trillion m³, making it a giant, with 2.5 trillion m³ more gas than the currently confirmed reserves, Russia's minister for natural resources Sergei Donskoi said on his Facebook page August 15. However the data is yet to be analysed fully.

“Colleagues from Gazprom submitted for examination the reserves for three licensed areas in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District and the Tyumen region. If the data are confirmed, we can talk about an increase to 3.7 trillion m³ of gas under the C1 + C2 category, up from 1.2 trillion m³ in 2012 by operational calculation. It is classified as a giant deposit,” he wrote.

In 2009-2011, Gazprom carried out 3-D seismic within the West Tambey, North Tambey and Tasia licence areas. This data was reinterpreted last year, along with 2-D assessments of previous years. Subsequent drilling revealed that the three were all part of one field, Tambey.

At a press conference May 9, Gazprom board member Vsevolod Cherepanov said the company would determine the options for developing the Tambey some time within the next two years. “The decision on how the deposits will be developed, whether it is to be pipeline gas or gas for liquefaction, and so on, will be based on the results of pre-investment research. This will take about two years,” the top manager of Gazprom said then. 

Azerbaijan desk