The latest figures from the company’s press service show that Rosneft’s 2022 production renewal, combined with a growth in reserves, surpassed the 100 percent mark. This milestone reflects a robust performance across exploration, development, and data analytics that underpin the company’s strategic hydrocarbons program in Russia and beyond.
During 2022, Rosneft completed substantial seismic campaigns to map subsurface structures. On land in Russia, the company finished more than 4.4 thousand linear kilometers of 2D seismic work and 6.8 thousand square kilometers of 3D seismic surveys. These intensive campaigns provided higher-resolution images of complex geological formations and supported the planning of future drilling programs.
In the same year, Rosneft scientists completed the testing of 64 exploratory wells. The results identified seven fields with reserves in the AB1C1 + B2C2 category, amounting to roughly 0.3 billion tons of oil, and uncovered more than 150 new hydrocarbon deposits. This stream of discoveries reinforces the company’s ability to convert survey data into tangible resource bases and informs long-term production forecasts.
Within the Vostok Oil project, 2022 saw the completion of 2,000 square kilometers of 2D seismic work and 2,000 square kilometers of 3D seismic work. The integration of advanced data techniques increased both the precision of subsurface models and the speed of analysis, enabling the team to process a record amount of 3D work on the Payahsky cluster in a single batch.
The year also marked concrete hardware progress: four wells were completed, six exploratory wells were drilled, and five additional wells were underway in the testing phase. These activities demonstrate a steady progression from discovery to appraisal and potential development.
Two new oil fields with recoverable reserves exceeding 100 million tons, located in the Zapadno-Irkinsky and Peschanoye license blocks, were added to the state balance sheet under the C1 + C2 category. This addition expands the company’s strategic asset portfolio and strengthens energy security indicators for the region.
In a notable achievement during the multilateral exploratory drilling program at the Yurubcheno-Tokhomskoye field, East Siberian Oil and Gas Company specialists achieved a record initial oil volume in the field’s 15-year history of exploration. The fountain entrance flow reached 603 cubic meters per day, underscoring the high productivity possible with coordinated, multi-well approaches.
Overall reserves rose significantly, with Rosneft reporting 159.3 billion barrels of oil equivalent in the AB1C1 + B2C2 category as of December 31, 2022. In the international PRMS framework, the breakdown stood at 42.3 billion barrels of oil equivalent for 1P, 84.2 billion for 2P, and 132.4 billion for 3P. The jump in 2P reserves directly correlated with the renewal of production that exceeded 100 percent, confirming the company’s ability to translate reserve growth into sustained output enhancements.
On the software and data side, May 2022 brought the RN-KIM software package to market, designed to build hydrodynamic models for all site types. In parallel, RN-BashNIPIneft continued to advance RN-GEOSIM, a platform that supports 92 full-scale geological models of Rosneft’s fields. The tools are actively employed by 13 Russian enterprises, including seven Rosneft subsidiaries, highlighting the widespread adoption of digital geology and reservoir engineering across the company’s network.