Belarus Performs First Frack

Belarus is performing multi-stage hydraulic fracturing for the first time, with technologies used also in Russia’s Samara region. 

‘Hydraulic and acid fracturing fleet of Belorusneft returned to Belarus after the completion of work in Samara region… After coming home, the hydraulic and acid fracturing fleet was used at the Belarusian fields. For the first time, the technology of multi-stage hydraulic fracturing is mastered in the republic. Hydraulic fracturing equipment will be also used in other scheduled geological and technical measures, and in the middle of July it will go again to the Russian Federation,’ reads a note released by Belorusneft on Tuesday.

According to the company, Belarusian workers conducted 19 hydraulic fracturing well operations in Samara region, Russia. Belorusneft worked for Ritek from February to June.  

Last year, the Belarusian industrial group Belorusneft teamed up with the British company Toros to prospect and possibly extract shale oil and shale gas in the Pripyat oil-and-gas bearing basin.

In May, Russia signed a treaty with Kazakhstan and Belarus to further foster integration, guaranteeing the free movement of goods, services, capital and work force.