Kovyktinskoye field

History

2022: Field Discovery

On December 21, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the launch of the Kovyktinskoye field. The planned design capacity of the field is 27 billion cubic meters. m per year. Reserves are located in the Irkutsk region, relatively near Lake Baikal.

We are launching the unique Kovykta gas condensate field, the largest in Eastern Siberia. Its recoverable reserves are 1.8 trillion cubic meters of gas... The launch of such a complex will ensure reliable supply of gas and its processing products to both Russian enterprises and our foreign partners. It will give a serious impetus to the socio-economic development of the eastern regions of Russia. It will create new, high-performance jobs, - said the head of state, whose words are quoted by the Kremlin press service.

Putin launched the largest gas field in the east

To deliver natural gas, an 800 km long pipeline was built that will connect the Kovyktinskoye field in the Irkutsk region with the Chayandinsky in Yakutia. It will be supplemented by the Power of Siberia trunk gas pipeline. Thus, the length of the entire gas transmission route will exceed 3 thousand km.

Its process lines will produce ethane, propane, helium and other commodity items, which are currently in demand in the utilities, chemical and other industries.

Earlier, Gazprom reported that the launch of the field will expand opportunities for gasification of consumers in the Irkutsk region. For the settlement of Zhigalovo, Kirensky and Kazachinsko-Lenskogo of districts, the Kovyktinskoye field will become a source of gas supply.

Production drilling at the Kovyktinskoye field began in July 2019, and commissioning began in October 2022.

It is assumed that after the commissioning of the Kovyktinskoye field by 2024, Gazprom will be able to supply up to 38 billion cubic meters to the Power of Siberia. m of gas per year, which is the design capacity of the gas pipeline. According to the current contract, Gazprom must supply 15.6 billion cubic meters to the Power of Siberia. m of gas this year, or 43 million cubic meters. m per day.^[1]

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