New oil field discovered in Bragin District

Belarusian oil workers got oil inflows in several zones of the Pripyat Trough. Geologists estimate that the resource base of hydrocarbons in the new field and deposits exceeds 6 million tons in total. In Bragin District, the commercial oil bearing capacity of deposits at Vostochno-Omelkovsky structure has been confirmed. The preliminary estimate of the field is 500 thousand tons of oil.

Peter Povzhik, Deputy General Director of Belorusneft:

“The oil and gas prospecting works in Bragin District have not been carried out for more than forty years. In 2021 we prepared Vostochno-Omelkovsky structure for exploration drilling. And in April 2022, the drilling at well No.1 confirmed the commercial oil bearing capacity of Voronezh sediments, which is associated with the discovery of a new oil field in the Bragin District.”

According to the specialists, the commercial oil bearing capacity was confirmed by opening of 15-meter oil-saturated reservoir rocks at a depth of about 2 kilometers.