During a company review, management examined the natural decline in extraction rates across several fields, which field supervisors attributed to dropping reservoir and wellhead pressures. However, corporate leadership expressed intense dissatisfaction with more than 10 emergency stoppages recorded since the beginning of the year. Sanginov ordered immediate technical interventions to eliminate these operational failures and moved away from passive management, demanding that teams adopt modern technological approaches and proactive solutions.
The critical assessment led to immediate administrative penalties. The head of the Doyaxotin gas field, which has been in service since 2004, was dismissed from his post for failing to counteract the falling output. Additionally, the director and chief geologist of the Gazli division received formal reprimands.
To reverse the decline, the state firm is executing a targeted technical program. Management reviewed the operational status of 461 wells under the department's oversight, discovering that 45% require immediate maintenance or rehabilitation. Under updated production plans for 2026, the company intends to drill nine new wells and overhaul 27 existing ones to generate an extra 1.4 million cubic meters of gas per day.
Work completed between January and May has already brought five new wells online and repaired 15 others, adding 908,000 cubic meters to daily production. Officials have also ordered the immediate repair of 10 more wells before the end of the year to secure an additional 250,000 cubic meters daily.
The meeting also reviewed a key strategy shift finalized in January, where Uztransgaz decided against transferring 21 local fields to third-party operators. Instead, the company opted to develop these assets using internal technical resources. Drilling operations were planned across nine specific sites under this framework, five of which have already been successfully commissioned.
