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Gazprom Neft to invest 50 billion rubles in modernization of Moscow Oil Refinery before 2015
Gazprom Neft has adopted a mid-term investment program for its Moscow Oil Refinery . The company will invest over 50 billion rubles in modernization of the enterprise in 2013-2015, which will make it possible to implement large-scale projects to improve the quality of the petroleum products the refinery produces, increase the oil conversion rate, reduce the refinery’s environmental impact, and raise its energy efficiency.

First ever hydraulic fracturing on Yamal Peninsula conducted at Novoport field
Hydraulic fracturing was successfully conducted for the first time ever on the Yamal Peninsula at Novoport field. The operation was performed in a Jurassic sedimentation area characterized by a high complexity of its geologic structure.

Gazprom Neft begins well tests at Badra oil field in Iraq
Gazprom Neft, the operator of the Badra oil field in Iraq, has begun testing well Bd4. After completion of the first stage of experimental work, the well began gushing at a flow rate of 2000 barrels of oil per day.

Omsk Refinery begins conversion depth boosting projects
The Omsk Oil Refinery has begun developing design specifications and cost estimates for production facilities that are planned for construction and modernization as part of the second stage of the refinery's 2020 development program. The program's second stage is focused on raising the oil conversion depth. According to the mid-term investment program, Gazprom Neft will allocate over 50 billion rubles for modernization of the Omsk Oil Refinery in 2013-2015.

Gazprom Neft contracts drilling rig for geological exploration of Dolginskoye field
Gazpromneft Sakhalin, a subsidiary of Gazprom Neft and the operator of Dolginskoye oil field located on Russia’s Arctic shelf, has contracted the GSP Jupiter, a jack-up drilling rig.

Gazprom Neft begins second tight oil project
Gazprom Neft has begun drilling the first appraisal well to research and assess potential production at the Bazheno-Abalaksky horizon of the Palyanovskaya zone at the Krasnoleninsky deposit (developed by Gazpromneft-Khantos ).

Salym Petroleum Development maximizes efficiency of Salym oil fields development
On November 26, Supervisory Board of Salym Petroleum Development N.V. (SPD) approved the go ahead for a pilot on using new technology that enables to enhance oil recovery by chemical flooding with ASP. The ASP field pilot will be undertaken in the Salym group of fields in Western Siberia in 2013-2015.

Gazprom Neft completes refinery modernisation project at Pančevo
Gazprom Neft’s subsidiary NIS (Naftna Industrija Srbije ) has completed a major modernisation project of its refining capacity in Serbia. The company has started operating a new light hydro-cracking and motor fuel hydro-treatment facility at the Pančevo refinery. The completion of the facility will allow NIS to take a leading position in the Balkan oil products market.

Omsk Refinery Launches Euro-5 Diesel
Gazprom Neft’s Omsk Refinery has launched the diesel hydrotreater. The opening ceremony was attended by Gazprom’s Chairman of the Management Committee and Gazprom Neft’s BoD Chairman Alexey Miller.

First Messoyakha Oil Produced
Gazprom Neft and TNK-BP report that first oil has been produced by the pilot project at the Vostochno-Messoyakhskoe field. The inflow received from the first two development wells points to the field’s high potential. The project is being implemented by Messoyakhaneftegaz, which is Gazprom Neft and TNK-BP’s joint venture controlled by the two companies on a parity basis.