Increasing the efficiency of the development of hard-to-recovery oil and gas condensate field reserves by constructing multilateral horizontal wells

At present, a significant number of Russian fields have hard-to-recover hydrocarbon reserves. The share of hard-to-recover reserves in our country accounts for more than 65% (or 12 billion tons) of oil and gas reserves on the balance sheet (in categories A + B + C-1). To develop hard-to-recover reserves successfully, it is necessary to nurture technical and technological potential because the current technological base of the Russian Federation does not meet the growing demand. The industry requires the development of new approaches concerning exploration, drilling and enhanced oil recovery. New technologies will make it possible to start developing unique deposits in new regions. That is why the task of implementing new effective technological solutions, which will allow hard-to-recover and low-margin hydrocarbon reserves development, is relevant today. One of the advanced technological solutions is drilling multilateral horizontal wells. That can significantly increase the flow rates.