West Siberian Resources reports second quarter 2008 oil production update
  by: OilOnline
  Thursday, July 03, 2008

West Siberian Resources Ltd's total oil production for the second quarter 2008 amounted to 4,266,707 barrels (3,250,395 barrels) and the average daily production for the period increased to 46,887 barrels per day (35,718 barrels per day). The group's total oil production for the first 6 months 2008 amounted to 8,317,869 barrels (6,291,508 barrels). The 2008 production plan target of 18.6 million barrels in total remains unchanged with further increases in oil production expected throughout the year. Currently production amounts to 47,429 barrels per day.

Average gross oil prices received in the second quarter 2008 increased to approximately USD 83 per barrel from USD 62 received in the first quarter 2008. The increase in gross prices was however partially offset by increased export duties, which resulted in a preliminary improvement of average first quarter netbacks to USD 53.5 per barrel, from USD 39.40 in the first quarter, after transportation costs.

The total oil production came from the Timano-Pechora region (1,203,257 barrels), the Tomsk region (1,184,886 barrels), the Volga-Urals region (1,776,588 barrels) and Kazakhstan (101,975 barrels). A total of 92 wells were subject to workover or repair activities in the quarter. In the second quarter, 10 production wells were drilled.

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