Lotus brings more oil – Republic

Larger mining is largely thanks to the Baltic B8 field.

Group lotus announced that cumulative production of its subsidiaries, or Lotos Petrobaltic, Lotos and Lotos Norge Geonafta, which respectively operate in Poland, Norway and Lithuania, exceeded this year, a million barrels of oil equivalent (boe). – With the launch of the initial extraction on the Baltic B8 and stable production from the B3, extraction from deposits Lithuanian and acquisitions in Norway, Lotos increased its daily production of hydrocarbons to the level of nearly 30 thousand. barrels of oil equivalent per day – tells Zbigniew Paszkowicz, vice president. Exploration and Production Lotos Group and President of the Lotos Petrobaltic.

As a result, the Gdansk company recorded record production. For comparison, in 2013. Millionth barrel acquired until the end of July, and in 2014. And 2015. In March. Oil extracted in Lithuania and the Baltic goes to Gdansk Naftoport, where the pipeline is targeted to the refinery Lotos.

The company It notes that production at B3 has continued since 1992. production is carried out by the Baltic Beta platform. The current size of mining there is about 3 thousand. boe a day. At the end of September last year, the company launched production on B8, led from the platform Lotos Petrobaltic. Extraction of the six wells drilled on the bed is about 3.5 thousand. boe per day.

In Norway, a listed company, through Lotos Norge, has interests in the fields of production termed Heimdal and Sleipner. Their acquisition occurred respectively in 2013. And 2015. Current production of the Lotos Norge there exceeds 22 thousand. boe per day. For deposits Heimdal company achieved 6.3 thousand. boe, and Sleipner 16 thousand. boe. Finally, in Lithuania production of 1.2 thousand. boe a day leads Lotus Geonafta.