Irkutsk hosted today a meeting of the Gazprom Gas Industry Commission for Field Development and Subsurface Use. The meeting was moderated by Alexander Ananenkov, Deputy Chairman of the Company's Management Committee.

Taking part in the meeting were Vsevolod Cherepanov, Member of the Gazprom Management Committee, Head of the Gas, Gas Condensate and Oil Production Department, heads and experts of the specialized structural units of Gazprom, Gazprom neft shelf, Gazprom razvitiye, Gazprom VNIIGAZ, Gazprom promgaz, VolgoUralNIPIgaz, VNIPIgazdobycha and TyumenNIIgiprogaz.

The meeting reviewed the proposals of Gazprom's research and design institutes on the fields development as part of the Irkutsk gas production center creation process. In particular, there were presented some conceptual approaches to the Kovyktinskoye field development in view of its geological and technological features as well as the main technical and technological solutions for the Kovyktinskoye and the Chikanskoye fields development.

It was highlighted that Gazprom planned to complete the development of the Kovyktinskoye field group, involving the organization of gas supplies to the Irkutsk Oblast consumers, creation of the gas processing facilities as well as the Irkutsk gas withdrawal from the region in the long term. In addition to the Kovyktinskoye and the Chikanskoye fields development, Gazprom plans to develop the productive deposits of the Khandinsky block. Gazprom has already submitted the application to Rosnedra for the right to use subsurface resources in the Khandinsky block.

In 2012 it is planned to elaborate a Feasibility Study of the Comprehensive Project for Gas Supply to Southern Irkutsk Oblast. The General Scheme for Gas Supply and Gasification of the region is expected to be updated once the document is reviewed.

The meeting participants paid special attention to processing of the multi-component gas of the Kovyktinskoye field, which is specific with high helium concentration. It was noted that Gazprom had successfully conducted the pilot tests of a domestically manufactured and membrane technology based helium separation facility at one of its fields in southern Russia. The facility is fairly compact and features a high performance. In fact, the results obtained by helium separation were better than estimated indicating the prospects of using membrane techniques for the Kovyktinskoye field and other helium fields in eastern Russia.

Following the meeting results, the specialized structural units of the Company and its subsidiaries were tasked to develop the most optimal technical and economic solutions for the resource base development in the Irkutsk gas production center.

Gazprom experts will make a business trip to the Irkutsk Oblast, including visits to the Kovyktinskoye and the Chikanskoye fields.

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