The Romashkino field (russian: Ромашкинское нефтяное месторождение; tt-Cyrl, Ромашкино нефть чыганагы, ''Romaşkino neft' çığanağı'') is an
oil field
A petroleum reservoir or oil and gas reservoir is a subsurface accumulation of hydrocarbons contained in porous or fractured rock formations.
Such reservoirs form when kerogen (ancient plant matter) is created in surrounding rock by the presence ...
in
Tatarstan
The Republic of Tatarstan (russian: Республика Татарстан, Respublika Tatarstan, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə tətɐrˈstan; tt-Cyrl, Татарстан Республикасы), or simply Tatarstan (russian: Татарстан, tt ...
,
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
. Discovered in 1948, it is the largest oil field of
Volga-Ural Basin. The field is operated by
Tatneft
Tatneft (russian: публичное акционерное общество «Татнефть» имени В.Д. Шашина or ПАО «Татнефть» им. В.Д. Шашина; traded as: (ordinary shares), (preferred shares), (ADRs)) ...
.
The field covers approximately . The oil deposit is lays in depth of about in Kinovskiy and Pashiyskiy formations. Since its commissioning, the Romashkino field had produced over of
oil
An oil is any nonpolar chemical substance that is composed primarily of hydrocarbons and is hydrophobic (does not mix with water) & lipophilic (mixes with other oils). Oils are usually flammable and surface active. Most oils are unsaturated ...
. Statistic analysis predicted depletion at . However, advanced technologies allow for
extraction of more oil.
Oil fields of Russia
Geography of Tatarstan
Oil fields of the Soviet Union
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