Gazprom Neft completes first oil shipment from Novoport field

Oil from the field was delivered by truck to Payuta railway station, located 200 kilometers from Novy Port, and from there it was shipped by rail.

“The quality of the winter roads and the logistical system that has we have here, enabled us to successfully ship the oil for the first time in the history of this field . The key task of the project was to test the new crude oil shipping route. The company is planning to use the proposed method in the wintertime until infrastructure is put in place to allow a year-round shipment of oil from Novy Port” says Denis Kashapov, Executive Director of the Novy Port branch of Gazpromneft Razvitiye.

Oil was first obtained at Novoport field during testing of a newly drilled well in August 2012.