Nornickel launches five unique wells at the Pelyatka gas field

<p>Norilskgazprom (part of&nbsp;the Nornickel Group) has drilled and commissioned five new production wells at&nbsp;the Pelyatka gas condensate field. This is&nbsp;the first large-scale project at&nbsp;Taimyr's key gas asset in&nbsp;the past 10&nbsp;years, designed to&nbsp;meet the growing needs of&nbsp;the company's Norilsk operations as&nbsp;well as&nbsp;the social infrastructure of&nbsp;Norilsk and Dudinka.</p> <p>The Pelyatka field, located 170&nbsp;km northwest of&nbsp;Dudinka, is&nbsp;the main source of&nbsp;gas for the Norilsk Industrial District, supplying 80% of&nbsp;all &ldquo;blue fuel&rdquo; output in&nbsp;Taimyr. Bringing the new wells online increased the field's operating well stock from 41&nbsp;to&nbsp;46&nbsp;units. The additional total production capacity amounted to&nbsp;2&nbsp;million cubic meters of&nbsp;gas per day.</p> <simple-slider controls-position="center" class="u-top-margin--2xl u-bottom-margin--xl"> <slide> <div class="row"> <div class="col-default-6 col-tablet-12"> <z-figure theme="simple" size="l" image="/medialibrary/d0b/d0bcc670ec29f1677cfc572b9cbd997b/NORNICK_1219515.jpg" ></z-figure> </div> </div> </slide> <slide> <div class="col-default-6 col-tablet-12"> <z-figure theme="simple" size="l" image="/medialibrary/fc2/fc26f7e72d56141511019136f2578591/NORNICK_1219516.jpg" ></z-figure> </div> </div> </slide> <slide> <div class="row"> <div class="col-default-6 col-tablet-12"> <z-figure theme="simple" size="l" image="/medialibrary/a02/a02f79cbbdaa18c2300f35cd8cbf2fe9/NORNICK_1219517.jpg" ></z-figure> </div> </div> </slide> </simple-slider> <p><strong>Evgeny Fedorov, First Vice President &ndash; Chief Operating Officer of&nbsp;Nornickel</strong>, commented: &ldquo;We managed to&nbsp;complete this project on&nbsp;time and within the targeted parameters in&nbsp;terms of&nbsp;confirmed production volumes. The five new wells will let us&nbsp;supply the gas volumes needed both for growing metallurgical production capacity and for new mining development projects, including the construction of&nbsp;the third production line at&nbsp;the Talnakh Concentrator. We will also be&nbsp;able to&nbsp;guarantee gas supply to&nbsp;the social infrastructure of&nbsp;Norilsk and Dudinka&nbsp;&mdash; this is&nbsp;one of&nbsp;our key priorities.&rdquo;</p> <p>The design of&nbsp;the new wells accounts for the field's complex geological structure. The total drilling length of&nbsp;all five wells exceeded 15&nbsp;kilometers. Two of&nbsp;them, with horizontal well completions, have horizontal sections longer than 600&nbsp;meters&nbsp;&mdash; a&nbsp;record for the Pelyatka field, enabling maximum gas inflow rates.</p> <p>The wells were drilled using a&nbsp;Russian-made 1,200-ton wheel-mounted rig, comparable in&nbsp;height to&nbsp;a&nbsp;20-story building. It&nbsp;moved along guide rails, like a&nbsp;train, from well to&nbsp;well fully assembled with drill pipes.</p> <p>Norilskgazprom drilled the first three wells in&nbsp;2024, and the remaining two in&nbsp;the first half of&nbsp;2025. In&nbsp;2026, all five wells were connected to&nbsp;the field's existing infrastructure: piping was installed, pipe racks and service platforms were built, and pipelines were laid to&nbsp;the tie-in point on&nbsp;the existing gas gathering line. The company's investment in&nbsp;the project totaled 10&nbsp;billion rubles.</p>

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9th September 2026

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