DZIAŁALNOŚĆ POSZUKIWAWCZO-WYDOBYWCZA GRUPY KAPITAŁOWEJ POLSKIEGO GÓRNICTWA NAFTOWEGO I GAZOWNICTWA SA ZA GRANICĄ (STAN NA LIPIEC 2016 r.)

Abstract

FOREIGN EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES OF THE POLISH OIL AND GAS COMPANY CAPITAL GROUP (AS OF JULY 2016)

Abstract. Among the key elements of the PGNiG Group business strategies is the expansion of exploration and production activities outside Poland. Gaining access to foreign deposits allows for the expansion of the potential of own resources and entering foreign markets. The article provides both a detailed description of the scope of works carried out by PGNiG SA specialists at licenses located abroad, and information of issues related to the geology of individual regions. Operations carried out by PGNiG Upstream International on the Norwegian continental shelf are an example of the activities. The company operates oil as well as oil and gas deposits (Skarv, Morvin, Vale, Vilje, and soon, also Gina Krog and Snadd), and carries out exploration works in the vicinity of the operated deposits, as well as in the areas that are less recognized from the geological point of view. Another forms of the company activities are operations in Denmark (South Jutland) and Germany (South Brandenburg) where the research focuses on the Main Dolomite (Ca2) reservoir level that is well-known to the Polish geologists. Two of the largest oil and gas deposits in Poland (BMB and LMG) have been discovered, documented and developed for the production by PGNiG SA at this level. In Pakistan, in turn, PGNiG SA successfully conducts exploration at the Kirthar license, located in the Sindh Province, where exploitation of the Rehman deposit has recently been launched; the exploitation of the newly discovered Rizq deposit will also be launched in the near future. Operations are complemented by activities in Libya and Egypt. The exploration works conducted in Libya by POGC Libya BV are focused in the Murzuq petroleum basin at concession area no. 113, and are continued despite the announced force majeure state that, in practice, means holding up the field works. PGNiG SA has conducted exploration works at the Bahariya license located in the northern part of the Egyptian Western Desert, however, unsatisfactory results led the company to leave this country.