Nowadays, the drilling departments of the Nebitgazburawlaş trust of the Türkmennebit state concern are working with enthusiasm to adequately complete the Year of the "Storehouse of the Mind of Mahtumkuly Fragi" and present significant achievements to the country. In the east, south and south-west of our mineral-rich Homeland, oil and gas saturated strata (layers) have been identified at great depths (from 5 to 7 thousand meters) in Miocene and Lower Red sedimentary layers. 

Currently, work is underway to drill the lower layers of the red formations in the fields of Severny Goturdepe, Altyguy, Barsagelmes, which store huge reserves of natural raw materials. For example, recently, a drilling team led by drilling master Tachberdi Dedebaev drilled and handed over to the operational service well No. 403 to a depth of 4,500 meters, with an initial daily oil flow rate of 13.0 tons. Also, a team of drillers led by master Alexander Filinov completed drilling of well No. 1355 at Barsagelmes, with an initial daily oil flow rate of 12.9 tons.

In addition, drilling operations are underway at wells No. 415, No. 197 and No. 368 of the Northern Goturdepe, at depths of 4800, 4700 and 4700 meters, respectively. The production of gas condensate in production well No. 172 at the Altyguy field in the Gegerendag — Ekerem gas and oil region is encouraging. 

Since the beginning of the year, drilling of 25 wells has been completed, of which 20 are operational and 5 are exploratory. The final work on wells is underway at the Uzynada field №79, №80, №81, №84 and No. 85 at depths up to 6800 meters. Their goal is to monitor oil and gas reservoirs and search for new oil fields in the lower red layer of Pliocene sediments, as well as use hydrocarbon reserves.

At the moment, more than 50 exploration, exploration and production wells are being drilled at the fields of Nebitdag, Goturdepe, Korpezh, Ekerem under the guidance of the relevant departments, with depths up to 7000 meters. Drillers of these departments are also working on the discovery of new reservoirs in promising areas of Altyguy, Nogai, Ekerem, Kemer, Keimir, Severny Goturdepe, Uzynada and other fields, including the Gegerendag — Ekerem and the Kyzylkum red line. 

It should be noted that drillers strive to achieve the planned milestones in the wells developed by the Nebitgazylmytaslama Institute. The active development of the rich hydrocarbon resources of the Caspian Sea is a strategic direction for the development of the fuel and energy complex of Turkmenistan. It is planned to increase the production of "black gold" and "blue fuel" in the coastal zone in the future.

Veis AMANTAGANOV,

Senior Researcher at the Nebitgazylmytaslama Institute of the state concern