Verkhnechonskoye Oil and Gas Field (Russia)

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Verkhnechonskoye Oil and Gas Field (Верхнечонское) is an operating oil and gas field in Russia.

Along with Severo-Danilovskoye Oil and Gas Field (Russia), Lisovskogo Oil and Gas Field (Russia), and Yuzhno-Danilovskoye Oil and Gas Field (Russia), Verkhnechonskoye Oil and Gas Field is a part of the Danilovsky cluster complex.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Verkhnechonskoye Oil and Gas Field

¹Final Investment Decision
²If a country or region is known to not produce any hydrocarbons in an unconventional method, this production type is assumed to be conventional

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type2
Verkhnechonskoye	Operating	JSC Verkhnechonskneftegaz	JSC Verkhnechonskneftegaz (100.0%)	1978	–	2008	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Verkhnechonskoye Oil and Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters
million bbl = million barrels of oil
million boe = million barrels of oil equivalent

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
gas	1P reserves	6900	million m³	2010	​
gas	A + B1 + B2 + C1	3400	million m³	[not stated]	​
hydrocarbons	proved developed and undeveloped	400	million boe	2012	​
oil	1P reserves	602.53	million bbl	2010	​
oil	A + B1 + B2 + C1	1477.73	million bbl	[not stated]	​
oil	A + B1 + C1	1186.73	million bbl	2021	​
oil	B2 + C2	258.02	million bbl	2021	​
oil	A + B1 + C1	1150.08	million bbl	2022	​
oil	B2 + C2	258.02	million bbl	2022	​
oil	A + B1 + C1	1103.16	million bbl	2023	​
oil	B2 + C2	258.02	million bbl	2023	​

Table 3: Production from Verkhnechonskoye Oil and Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year
million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production	oil	58.4	million bbl/y	2017
production	oil	54.24	million bbl/y	2020
production	oil	49.11	million bbl/y	2021
production	oil	46.18	million bbl/y	2022
production	gas	1240	million m³/y	2021

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Verkhnechonskoye Oil and Gas Field

Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Onshore, Russia	Onshore	60.1675, 109.3339 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field(s) within the Danilovsky cluster complex:

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