Gazprom Neft has become the first company in Russia to use a unique technology — hybrid multi-stage fracking — to increase oil inflow in Achimovsky strata, following testing at Gazpromeft Noyabrskneftegaz’s Vyngayakhinskoye field in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Works undertaken suggest initial production, from a single well, currently stands at 300 tonnes per day — three times higher than anticipated. This technology is expected to be rolled-out throughout the company’s Vyngayakhinskoye, Ety-Purovskoye, Karamovskoye and other fields with Achimovsky reserves in the future, facilitating additional production of 28 million tonnes of oil, including seven million tonnes by 2025, according to energyindustryreview.com.

Hybrid fracking involves using process fluids, with various properties and characteristics, in combination. The advantage over standard fracking here lies in its more extensive coverage, due to longer fissures being created, and the more extensive network of micro-fissures.