RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SOVIET-CONTROLLED OIL FIELD AREAS

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• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 21, 2000
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: January 4, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
SUBJECT P.ecent Developments
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LSa.tzen
la Between May and midSeptember 1951 the Soviets increased the number of active
wells . in the I.;C-at zen fields from 37 to 70. Included in the more recent figure
are four wells located in the Aderklaa area between Bockfliess and Reyersdorf
which, for administrative purposes, were incorporated into the Matzen area in
June 1951. The Soviets expect that as many as 12 more wells ;',,ill come into
production by the end of 1951. The averake daily output of crude ail from the
Matzen fic4 ens is estimated at 3,730 metric tons. The Soviets hope by the end
of the year to raise this production to 4,000 metric tons per day. All but one
of the Platzen wells yield"an asphalt-oil which has a 5 w 7?5-.percent benzine
content; the remaining well produces paraffin oil, of vlhich the present yield
is 21 tons-per day. The average water content of "ratzen oil is 12 percent.
2. The Soviets have recently constructed a large pumpina station at Bockfliess
from which oil is pumped directly to the underground storage tanks in the Lobau4
The pumping station is now equipped with four storage tanks, each having a ca-
pacity of 7;000 cubic meters. Two more storage tanks with a capacity,,' of 3,000
cubic meters apiece have been completed but as yet are not connected to the
pumping station. The Soviets expect eventually to install three additional
1,000-cubic'-meter storage tanks. in this pumping station. !!s of mid-September
1951 it is estimated that approximately 3,100 tons of crude oil are numped daily
from the I:Tatz?n fields directly to the storage tanks in the Lobau,
Aderk3.aa
Aderklaa now has 10 active Wells which produce a total of 700 tons per day
Five
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drill rigs are operating in this field, and it is exnected that these wells will
be brought into production by the end of September 1951. In view of the negative
results of test drillings conducted in Aderklaa during Tray and June 1951, the
Soviets transferred three drill rigs from this field to Muehlberg sometime in
July. Exploratory drillings at Fischamend on the right bank of the Danube have
disclosed excellent oil cores, although these wells thus far '.tt e produced only
gas. The Soviets intend shortly to install two more drill-rigs, in addition to
the three now operating in this area. The entire crude oil output of the Aderklaa
fields is now pumped directly to the SP:$V underground storage tanks in the Lobau.
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CEUT11L INTELLIGLNC a AGLNdCY
The crude oil output of -I.tuehlberg's 56 i:ells is still declining and in September
1951 was estimated at only 970 tons per day. rater content of this oil is 68
percent of the total output. The natural gas compressors at Vuehlbern, have been
replace.i with eight new compressors which the Soviets brought in from Eastern
Germany. The new compressors have a capacity of 200,000 cubic meters ner day.
Natural gas produced in this area will be used to operate the gas lifts in the
oil Yields and will also be pumped to Vienna's municipal gas works.
ITt,q D; P, I AND II and 4austren1c
This oil field area now has a total of 270 wells producing 430 tons of oil per
day. T'se transfer of ITAG' s 24 derricks to the Matzen fields was completed in
August 1951. A gas lift has been installed at AEA which-is supposed to increase
production by as much as 40 tons per 24-hour period.
Van Sickle
6. In stay 1951 the Van Sickle oil fields had 37 wells producing a total of 170 tons
of oil per day. This semi-independent enterprise is deliberately restricting? its
production.
7. As of slay 1951 this field was producing a daily average of 170 tons per day. This
output is reported to be 91 percent water.
'Crude Oil. Delivered }3etz:een and September 1951
Following is a. sura.ry of available estimate: on the crude oil output of the S"V
fields during the period of P.Ray to mid-September 1951. It should be noted that
scurc.e as not in a position to maintain coverage during the month of July. These
figures represent the amount of crude oil pumped from S?.'.V oil. fields and do not
indicate actual -Nell production:
Number of Tons of Crude Oil Delivered
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1951:
June 1951
mid-A
,
to Mid-September 1951'
Mat: wean
99,000
138,000
111,900
biuehlberg
34,500,
39,000
29,100
Aderklaa
22,200
9,000
(1)
21,000
IrftG
3,060
3,000
12,900
and DEA output
IT &A I and II
14,100
13,500
combined)
Rohoel A. G.
13,500
15,000
Van Sickle
5,100
3,000
5,100
4,500
Total (2)
196,560
225,000
174,900
HllG.stward Rail Shipments of Crude. Oil
9,, Following, is a breakdown of crude oil shipments from the 1'atzen railroad station
to Poland and Czechoslovakia during the neriod from June to mirk-September 1951.
It, should be noted that these figures do not include oil pumped to the storage
tanks in the Lobau:
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Destination
Number of Tons of Crude Oil
June 1951
July 1951
August 1951
1-18 September
1951
Trzebls:ia, Poland
2,678
1,263
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Uziedsice,, Poland
1,677
1,652
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Kolin, Czechoslovakia
1,264
1,205
4,652
2,791
11':i.rduhice, Czechoslo-
vakic
1,347
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Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
902
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894
464
Dubovn, Czechoslovakia
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776
1,613
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iirunp4., Czechoslovakia(3)
108
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468
1.0. An official of one of the Si4V storage depots is reported to have stated in June
1953 that from 2,000 to 2,200 tons of crude oil were being shipped daily to Cze-
choslovakia and Eastern Germany. (4) During the 19st reek of June 1951 seven
transports totalling 3,500 tons of crude oil were shipped from '"ifo-Neusiedl to
Eastern `germany; considerably larger quantities were shipped from a?'ifo_Lobau.
:Sateen 1 and 18 September 1951 a total of 9,400 tons of crude oil was loaded
a, the Matzen railroad station for direct shipm nt to Hungary anc Czechoslovakia.
Export Shipments of Crude Oil from the Lobau
1.1, It is estimated that between 3,200 and 3,500 tons of crude oil are loaded daily
^om ,he SMV storage tanks in the Lobau for shipment out side of Austria .(5) The
amount of crude oil shipped from the Lobau to the Austrian refineries probably
noes not exceed 900 tons per day.
(1) Comment: According to , this apirrent
decline in Aderklaa production was due to the admin:'.strative change (men-
t:ioned in paragraph one) by i?/hic h four Aderklaa 1^ell s were transferred to
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25X1X - considers the May and June estimates high and ;judges the crude oil
product ion for these months to have been 184,OOC and 195,000 tons, respectively.
it will be noted that the production figures for Septomber are incomplete4
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Comment: Possibly Kralupy nad Vltavon (1151/P60).
(4)
MComment:
siipmerits.
These figures are believed to Include both rail and, barge
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(5)
-Comment:
It is not certain whether all export shipments of crixle oil
from the Lobau storage tanks are included in this &'stima.te, or only the
shipmnts to the USSfl and the satellites.
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