PHOTOS: Oil field discovered near Budapest, extraction may start soon

Ádám Homonnay, MOL’s research and production director, presented the ongoing 3D seismic measure process near Üllő, a suburb of Budapest, yesterday. He said their search for gas and oil in the region was promising. The project is part of the Hungarian oil and gas giant’s shallow gas extraction programme.

Oil instead of gas near Üllő

According to Magyar Hírlap, Mr Homonnay highlighted that their ongoing gas and oil search programme near Üllő, a small town in the vicinity of Budapest, has been fruitful. The Hungarian energy giant is looking for hydrocarbons in a 30 square kilometres area. Acoustic Geofizikai Ltd, a Hungarian company, started the work in late February. According to the first results and calculations, MOL expects to find oil instead of gas near Üllő.

They are able to calculate everyhing before starting the drilling. Photo: MTI/Mol

Ádám Homonnay underlined that they found oil near Vecsés, a settlement of 20 thousand residents close to the Budapest Airport and in the vicinity of Üllő. That valorised the area near Üllő since the company expects to find oil.

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The seismic geophone device of MOL. Photo: MTI/Mol

MOL professionals said that they were mapping the underground area. They process the data and evaluate it. The next phase will be the drilling process. Mr Homonnay added that processing and evaluating the data would take 3-6 months in the case of the Üllő area. As a result, MOL may start drilling at the end of this year.

MOL has several similar ongoing projects in East Hungary in the framework of their shallow gas extraction program. For example, they presented the work around their R-69 oil derrick in Monostorpályi, Hajdú-Bihar county. Mr Homonnay revealed that they carried out three successful drillings in East Hungary, two of them near Komádi and one near Álmosd.

The R-69 oil derrick near Monostorpályi. Photo: MTI/Mol

The new oil well will provide for 20,000 average Hungarian households. Photo: MTI/Mol

A successful MOL program

The three new wells will meet the needs of 20 thousand average Hungarian families for a couple of years. Furthermore, the R-69 derrick will provide enough gas for 7,000 households in Monostorpályi.

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The director informed us that MOL launched its shallow gas extraction program in 2019. They aim to obtain gas from a 1500-2000 m depth. Thanks to modern measuring techniques, they can calculate in an office where they should drill for oil or gas. As a result, 16 out of 18 drills were successful in the last few years.

Parts planted into the ground of the seismic geophone device. Photo: MTI/MOL

Currently, shallow gas provides 5 percent of Hungary’s 1.4 billion cubic metres of overall gas extraction.