KULESHOVSKOE OIL AND GAS FIELD, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05439A000200330098-0
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 18, 2000
• Sequence Number: 98
• Publication Date: June 1, 1963
• Content Type: IR

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KULESHOVSKOE
CIA/PIR-10/63
June 1963
OIL AND GAS FIELD, USSR
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The Kuleshovskoe Oil and Gas Field* (the
center of the field at 52-53N 51-10E) is located
10 nautical miles -(nm) east of Utevka and 40
nm southeast of Kuybyshev, USSR (Figure 1).
The field covers an area of approximately 8
square miles. The field has been observed on
TALENT photography of and
KEYHOLE photography of and
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photography revealed that the field
was in the development stages. At that time, shot
holes, indicating completion of a seismic profile
prior to drillir, and 10 drilling rigs were
*This designation is given the field hi the Soviet publica-
tion, Petroleum Geology. vol 4. No 6-A, p 33s, Dec 63.
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visible. About 15 to 20 wells were visible on the
-photography. The photography of
the field (Figure 2) shows at 1east 43 wells, an
indication that the field:bs probably in production.
The shot holes visible in- were still dis-
cernible.
Four gathering tanks and associated units,
such as separators, which were under construc-
tion in , are located on the northern boundary
of the field. A pipeline which was also under
construction inm runs north from the tanks to
the town of Bogatoye on the Kuybyshev/Buzuluk
rail line. A storage area, a pipeyard, and ad-
ministration buildings are located in the southern
part of the field. These facilities are road served.
Bogatoye
Cf//
Utevka
-- Bogdanovka
Andreyevka
r-- KULESHOVSKOE
L~_J OIL AND GAS
FIELD
Buzuluk
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