SLOW INTRODUCTION OF SECONDARY METHODS OF PRODUCTION OF PETROLEUM IN THE AZNEFT' ASSOCIATION

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000700180149-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 6, 2011
• Sequence Number: 149
• Publication Date: May 7, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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SLOW INTRODUCTION OF SECONDARY METHODS OF PRODUCTION
OF PETROIEUM IN
THE AZNEYP ASSOCIATION
One of the most important means of increasing petroleum production is the
use of secondary methods of production. The current system of exploiting petro-
leum deposits results in about 50-60 percent of the crude petroleum remaining
unexploited in the petroleum-bearing strata. Secondary methods of production
are being used to produce this crude petroleum. These methods involve repress-
uring with gas, air, or water.
In introducing secondary methods of production, the Leninneft' and the
Buzovnyneft' trusts completed operations ahead of time and raised the level of
production.
Recently, introduction of secondary methods of production has been develop-
ing rapidly in Azerbaydzhan. A petroleum expedition has been organized by the
Academy of Sciences Azerbaydzhan SSR. Specialists from the Azneft' Association
collaborated in this undertaking. The expedition is working on important theo-
retical problems and on perfecting the utilization of artificial pressure in
exploiting petroleum deposits. Divisions and special offices for secondary
methods of production have been set up in the petroleum producing trusts.
The number of oil wells produced by means of repressuring has been greatly
increased. At present, secondary methods of production are being used in ten
trusts. This means that hundreds of oil wells are being produced by this method.
However, opportunities for secondary methods of production are not being
sully utilized by the Azneft' Association. Many petroleum-producing trusts con-
tinue to underestimate the significance of industrial use of repressuring methods.
Mukhin and Kuliyev, the directors of Kaganovichneft' Trust, are not paying suf-
ficient attention to the [trust's] office of secondary methods of production.
In this trust, the plans for pumping water and air [into the contour zones] and
for preparing innut and production wells are not being fulfilled. The directors
of the Stalinuef Trust, Movsumzade and Aliyev, do not show initiative in the
introduction of secondary metho s of production.
A substantial share of the responsibility for the introduction of second-
ary methods of production must be borne by the directors of the Azneft' Associ-
ation. The association's division for secondary methods of production (chief,
Bilandarili) and its geological administration (chief geologist, Melik-d&shayev)
are not doing their duty with regard to maintenance of artificial pressure at
petroleum deposits. Certain directors of drilling offices and construction
organizations are failing to meet t:iis most pressing problem.
During the last 8 months, the plan for the drilling of input wells was
fulfilled by only 75 percent. New construction of other objectives is con-
tinually delayed. For example, the construction of water-purification units
in the Stalinneft' and Leninneft' trusts is 6-8 months behind schedule.
Workers of the Azneft' Association have lodged justifiable complaints
against AzNII (Azerbaydzhan Scientific Research Institute) and the Petroleum
Expedition of the Academy of Sciences Azerbaydzhan SSR. These institutions
have been slow in solving the basic problems of secondary methods of produc-
tion and are not giving the required assistance to oil field workers for the
timely compilation of technical geological plans. The Petroleum Expedition
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AzNII are not effectively, ssolving the problemslofetheeuseloflsea waterkinsplace
of alkaline water [in repressuring] and the problem of determining the effective-
ness of repressuring with water, gas, and air.
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