Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo and ORLEN Upstream have com-menced drilling of another well within joint Płotki project. Works on the Chwalęcin-1K location will last about 80 days. Apart from drilling works, both companies prepare for development of another deposit.
The Chwalęcin-1K well is on the premises covered by Śrem-Jarocin licence in Zalesie (Jaraczewo municipality, Wielkopolska Region). The final depth will be approx. 3040 m. The pending works aim at finding natural gas deposit in the Rotliegend formations.
PGNiG and ORLEN Upstream implement the Płotki project, consisting of 4 licences: Jarocin-Grabina, Kórnik-Środa, Pyzdry and Śrem-Jarocin. On this area there are 7 deposits the extraction from which comes to approximately 2100 boe/d in total.
Apart from drilling works, the companies prepare for development of Miłosław deposit which was documented in May 2017. Finalization of the investment and commence-ment of production are planned for the turn of the 1st and 2nd quarter of 2019. PGNiG, which is an operator of the licenses, holds 51% of shares in the project. OR-LEN Upstream performs a role of partner with the remaining part of shares.
- For several years PGNiG and ORLEN Upstream have been conducting joint exploration and production works. We intensify extraction in Wielkopolska, applying modern methods which allow increasing production. Here for the first time in this part of Poland we successfully used the horizontal drilling technology in sandstone rocks. Thanks to cooperation with the proven partner we raise the possibility of extracting natural gas in Poland, which has a positive influence on the country’s energy security - said Piotr Woźniak, President of PGNiG SA.
- The area of the Płotki project is considered as most perspective in Poland in terms of presence of hydrocarbon reservoirs in the Rotliegend formations. I hope that works in the Chwalęcin-1K well will bring a positive result and soon we will be able to announce another joint exploratory success - said Janusz Radomski, President of the Management Board, Chief Executive Officer - ORLEN Upstream.
PGNiG and ORLEN Upstream also cooperate in Wielkopolska within the Sieraków project. It comprises 2 licenses within which preparatory works on development of crude oil and natural gas deposits are pending now. Both companies also carry out the common Bieszczady project which consists of 7 licenses in Podkarpacie. Interpretation of data obtained during seismic surveys is in progress at the present moment.