DUSHANBE, November 15, 2010, Asia-Plus — Preparations for the drilling operation at the Shahrinav-1P location, Sariqamish gas field, which is located 36 kilometers southwest of Dushanbe, are under way and the drill unit ZJ 70 DB has already been installed in the area, according to the representative office of Gazprom Zarubezhneftegaz in Dushanbe.
The work on constructing installing auxiliary facility is nearing completion and electric installation work is under way. The wellhead cellar has already been formed.
Freight cars carrying constructing materials and equipment are continuing to arrive and 15 freight cars have arrived over the past ten days. In all, 130 freight cars carrying constructing materials and equipment have arrived in Tajikistan to this day. The drilling operation at the Shahrinav-1P location is scheduled to be launched in early December this year.
Gazprom Zarubezhneftegaz is an affiliate of Russia’s state-controlled gas company Gazprom. Gazprom has received licenses from the Tajik government to explore four oil-and-gas reserves in Tajikistan: Rengan; Sargazon; Sariqamish; and the Western Shaambari. The Rengan field, located in the Roudaki district, 20 kilometers from the Tajik capital, has possible gas reserves of 35 billion cubic meters and the Sargazon field, located in Khatlon province, some 150 kilometers of Dushanbe, has possible reserves of 30 billion cubic meters. Of all the four licensed sites of Gazprom in Tajikistan, Sariqamish is estimated as the most promising.
Of all the four licensed sites of Gazprom in Tajikistan, Sariqamish is estimated as the most promising. The Shahrinav-1P well will be the deepest borehole in Tajikistan; the depth of this borehole will be 6,300 meters.
According to expert estimates, the aggregate raw-materials resources of the oil and gas bearing areas in Tajikistan amount to about 1,000 billion tons of reference fuel. At the same time, production work at oil and gas fields require considerable expenditure, since hydrocarbon deposits occur at depths ranging from 6.5 to 8 kilometers.
