PGNiG Flows Gas from Przemysl Deep Level
PGNiG has discovered a new level in southeast Poland at its Przemysl gas field. The field has been in operation for 60 years and has already produced a cumulative 64bn m3.
The state-run company said February 5 it had completed tests at the Przemysl-290 well that flowed at about 150 m3 per minute (equivalent to 0.22mn m3/d or 7.6mn ft3/d). The well is near Ujkowice, north of Przemysl in the Polish Carpathian mountains, near the Ukrainian border. It was drilled to 2,030 meters deep at the turn of 2017/2018 and is the fourth in this region from which gas in industrial quantities have been produced. By the end of 2018, PGNiG plans to drill three more wells there, with drilling of the next one to begin this month. Drilling works are being carried out by PGNiG subsidiary Exalo Drilling.
The Przemysl-290 well will enable production from new gas level (horizon) VIIIa in the Przemysl field, said PGNiG. It said it is still discovering new resources in the field, thanks to its use of innovative research and drilling methods.
PGNiG CEO Piotr Wozniak said: "3D seismic photographs have fundamentally changed our view on the geological structure of the field and, on that basis, we have decided to revamp it." The company says the Przemysl field is the largest in Poland and the methane content of its production is 98%-99%, adding that over 64bn m3 of gas has been extracted there since production began six decades ago.
Just two weeks ago PGNiG announced commercial gas flows from two discovery wells in the Carpathian region of southeast Poland; such conventional success in mature gas producing areas is offsetting the disappointment felt by PGNiG in recent years at the lack of shale gas potential in the country. Currently, the company holds 21 licenses for exploration and appraisal of oil and natural gas, as well as 25 concessions (exploration, appraisal and production). The company also has 213 operating licences, of which 151 are for natural gas production, 14 for oil, and 48 for both oil and gas. The company produced 4.4bn m3 in 2016, fractionally less than in 2015.