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Latest Russian & CIS O&G News: Fri, 24 May 2013 The ROGTEC Interview: Tony Cranny, Regional Manager Russia, Europe & India, DSI PBL Please describe your position and role within the company. Regional Manager, Russia, Europe (East and West) and India, assisting BD Managers in my areas to grow the business successfully. DSI PBL have... Full story » Fri, 24 May 2013 1st Russian Drilling Contractors Roundtable A Unique Event Addressing the Key Technology and Purchasing Challenges Facing Russia’s Drilling Companies The 1st RDCR took place on Thursday the 11th April 2013 at the Swissotel Karsnye Holmy in Mo... Full story » Fri, 24 May 2013 Rosneft and Venezuelan Corporacion Venezolana del Petroleo Sign Joint Venture Agreement On May 23, an agreement to create a joint venture to develop heavy oil reserves in Venezuela in the framework of the Carabobo-2 project was signed in Barcelona, Venezuela, by Rosneft and the Venezuela... Full story » Fri, 24 May 2013 Oil Spill Response at the Prirazlomnoye Field Marichev Andrey (LLC «Gazprom VNIIGAZ», Moscow region, Leninsky district, Razvilka), Khmarinov Leonid, Efremkin Ivan, Rogozin Maxim (LLC “Gazprom neft shelf”, Moscow) Introduction The Prirazlomn... Full story » Fri, 24 May 2013 Max Petroleum: Commences Drilling at Uytas North, UTS-5 Max Petroleum Plc, an oil and gas exploration and production company focused on Kazakhstan, is pleased to announce that it has commenced drilling the UTS – 5 exploration well in the Uytas North ... Full story » Fri, 24 May 2013 Alexey Miller: Gazprom is National Leader by Investments in Innovations Led by Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee the Company’s delegation arrived in Tomsk to take part in the 15th Innovation Forum INNOVUS. Gazprom delegation at 15th... Full story » Thu, 23 May 2013 Well Logging & Seismic Data Integration at the Chikanskoye Field S. A. Skrylev, A.A. Nezhdanov, I.V. Gorlov, A.A. Doroshenko, N.N. Yaitskiy TyumenNIIgiprogaz, LLC The Chikanskoye gas condensate field is located in the central part of Angara-Lena area of Lena-Tungus... Full story » Thu, 23 May 2013 Transformative Subsurface Technologies David Bamford, Finding Petroleum ‘Disruptive’ Technologies I was struck by reading a commentary on Steve Jobs as CEO of Apple to the effect that he invented new things – the iPod, the iPhone, th... Full story » Thu, 23 May 2013 Flare Tip Right-Sizing: Soot-Free Flaring as APG Production Declines TNK-Uvat has devised a methodology to achieve soot-free flaring of associated petroleum gas (APG) as its production declines. This has significantly reduced harmful atmospheric pollution and slashed t... Full story » Thu, 23 May 2013 Technology Roundtable: Coiled Tubing Coiled tubing has become increasingly popular in Russia in recent years. What is the current level of utilization at the moment? Baker Hughes: Current market data estimates a CT unit count of roughly ... Full story » Thu, 23 May 2013 The Future of the OFS Market in Russia: RPI Vadim Kravets The past year, 2012, was significant for the Russian oilfield services market in light of two trends. On the one hand, the nascent technological breakthrough in service offerings continu... Full story » Thu, 23 May 2013 The ROGTEC Interview: Peter van Welsenes, Wells Manager, SPD SPD has reached a massive milestone earlier this year, drilling its 800th well. That’s an excellent achievement, but what are your drilling targets over the next couple  of years? Our existing dev... Full story » Thu, 23 May 2013 Gazprom Neft: First Ever Hydraulic Fracturing on Yamal Peninsula Conducted At The Novoport Field Hydraulic fracturing was successfully conducted for the first time ever on the Yamal Peninsula at Novoport field. The operation was performed in a Jurassic sedimentation area characterized by a high c... Full story » Thu, 23 May 2013 Russian Delegation Headed by Rosneft President I. Sechin Commences Work in Venezuela On May 22, the Russian delegation headed by Rosneft’s President Igor Sechin started its work in Venezuela. As part of the visit, Rosneft President and Chairman of the Management Board Igor Sechin wi... Full story » Wed, 22 May 2013 Rosneft Tax Department Named Best In-House Team of the Year by International Tax Review International Tax Review – the leading periodical on taxation – named the best tax advisers and the best in-house tax team in London on May 15, 2013 at European Tax Awards ceremony. Rosneft’s Ta... Full story » Wed, 22 May 2013 Jason Launches New 3D Interpretation Software New product helps oil companies streamline workflows and optimize project economics CGG announced today that Jason, a CGG company specializing in seismic reservoir characterization software and serv... Full story » Wed, 22 May 2013 Zhaikmunai Has Record First Quarter Q1 2013 Results – Outperforming Targets Zhaikmunai L.P. , the oil and gas exploration and production enterprise with assets in north-western Kazakhstan, today announces its financial results f... Full story » Wed, 22 May 2013 Alexey Miller and Antonis Samaras highly praise Russian–Greek cooperation in gas sector Led by Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, the Company’s delegation paid a visit today to the Greek Republic. Athens, Acropolis Enlarged photo (JPG, 1 MB) A workin... Full story » Wed, 22 May 2013 Alliance Oil: Interim Report Revenues Up but Profit Down Alliance Oil Company’s operational performance improved further in the first quarter of 2013. Average daily refining volumes in the reporting period were the highest in the Company’s history. Fina... Full story » Wed, 22 May 2013 Max Petroleum: Successful Baichonas West Appraisal Well The Field Will Be Extended Into The Triassic Section Max Petroleum Plc, an oil and gas exploration and production company focused on Kazakhstan, is pleased to announce that the BCHW-2 appraisal well in the Baichonas West field has reached a total vertic... Full story » Tue, 21 May 2013 Rosneft Takes Management Decisions Rosneft has taken important decisions as part of the principal stage of TNK-BP integration, as a result of which the united Company improved efficiency of its corporate structure and introduced unifor... Full story » Tue, 21 May 2013 Stroygazkonsalting, SGM and Stroynovatsiya will meet at the conference “NEFTEGAZSTROY 2013″ The IIIrd Annual International Conference «Construction in oil and gas complex» will be held 28th May in Moscow in the Intercontinental Moscow Tverskaya hotel. The conference «NEFTEGAZSTROY» will ... Full story » Mon, 20 May 2013 More than 150 companies from 12 countries join us at RAO/CIS Offshore 2013 at this moment Conference and Exhibition RAO / CIS Offshore 2013 bring together the key players of oil and gas industry. National companies, engineering and service contractors, R&D institutes will present prior... Full story » Mon, 20 May 2013 Tatneft Is among Companies of High Social Efficiency TATNEFT was awarded a diploma for the third place in the category “For participation in resolving social problems of territories and development of the corporate philanthropy” by the resul... Full story » Mon, 20 May 2013 Gazprom activities require technologies as sophisticated as space ones A meeting of the Gazprom Sci-Tech Council (STC) took place today in Saint Petersburg in the course of the III St. Petersburg International Gas Forum. The meeting was moderated by Alexey Miller�... Full story » Fri, 17 May 2013 Alexey Miller and Henning Voscherau considered the progress with the South Stream project realization The Gazprom headquarters hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller Chairman of the Management Committee and Henning Voscherau, Chairman of South Stream Transport Board of Directors. E... Full story » Read More Industry News » Current issue Featured Article: The ROGTEC Interview: Peter van Welsenes, Wells Manager, Salym Petroleum Development » Peter van Welsenes talks to ROGTEC magazine, discussing Salym Petroleum Development's current and future drilling objectives, strategies and development of unconventional oil. "Our world class performance is based on SPD's strategy of "Russia Plus" combining best practices of Russia with international oil & gas experience. We are stimulating fair and honest competition between local and international companies looking for constant optimization of our operations and technologies."... Current issue Articles: RPI: The Future of the Oil Field Service Market in Russia » The past year, 2012, was significant for the Russian oilfield services market in light of two trends. On one hand, horizontal drilling and related services have become virtually commonplace, while well workover and logging applications have become more sophisticated. On the other hand, the oilfield services market has ultimately become a customer's market, one that almost completely controls pricing limitations and technological nuances of the work.... ROGTEC Technology Roundtable: Coiled Tubing Services » Baker Hughes, Schlumberger, Weatherford, Trican, Tenaris and Welltec discuss the use and implementation of coiled tubing solutions in Russia. Read this article to find out their thoughts on the state of the industry, adoption and usage in the region, cost savings and additional applications.... TNK-Uvat: Flare Tip Sizing for Reduced APG Flare Pollution » TNK-Uvat has devised a methodology to achieve soot-free flaring of associated petroleum gas (APG) as its production declines. This has significantly reduced harmful atmospheric pollution and slashed the charges payable for APG flaring. The project won the TNK-BP Chairman's Award for HSE 2012... David Bamford: Transformative Subsurface Technologies » I was struck by reading a commentary on Steve Jobs as CEO of Apple to the effect that he invented new things – the iPod, the iPhone, the iPad – before any of us realised we needed them. This seems to me to be a really good definition of innovation, of leadership in innovation, and it set me wondering where this exists in our industry? TNNG: Well Logging & Seismic Data Integration at the Chikanskoye Field » The Chikanskoye gas condensate field is located in the central part of Angara-Lena area of Lena-Tunguska petroleum province and is a satellite to the Kovytkinskoye field, which is unique in its reserves. Understand how the well logs and seismic data was intergrated to provide a reliable estimation of gas bearing prospects for the terrigenous Vendian deposits at the Chikanskoye field... VNIIGAZ: Oil Spill Resonce at the Prirazlomnoye Oil Field » The Prirazlomnoye oil field is located 60 km offshore in the Pechora Sea,. The field uses «Prirazlomnaya», an ice-resistant stationary offshore platform (IRSP) for drilling, production and oil treatment. During the infrastructure design, a detailed analysis of possible accidents, including oil and oil product spills, was carried out. The most hazardous possible situations are as follows... 1st Russian Drilling Contractors Roundtable » The 1st RDCR took place on Thursday the 11th April 2013 at the Swissotel Karsnye Holmy in Moscow, and attracted over 200 delegates from Russia's leading drilling contractors and technology companies from around the world. The event was a great success for all involved, and we would like to thank all of our sponsors, drilling contractor partners and indeed all attending delegates for supporting the RDCR in its first year... Closure Interview: Tony Cranny, Regional Manager Russia, Europe & India, DSI PBL » In the latest in the series of Closure interviews, ROGTEC Magazine talks to Tony Cranny of DSI PBL. Tony discusses the buyout by Schoeller/Bleckmann, his aims for the region and his love of the Russian people and their language ... last issue Articles : TNK BP: Unconventional Sources of Hydrocarbons: Shale Bubble or Shale Revolution? » Unconventional hydrocarbons are a controversial topic, with opinions ranging from euphoric announcements of a "shale revolution" to highly sceptical expert reviews characterizing that phenomenon as a "shale bubble". If a company wants to avoid falling victim to a potential breakthrough turning into a bubble, it needs to be prepared and arm itself, above all, with technology... TNGG: Structure and Stratification of Triassic-Jurassic Formations in the Northern Part of Western Siberia PART 2 » Continuing the article from TNNG on the formation and structure of Western Siberia basin. The transition from the well data to the seismic data requires obtaining the information about the seismic wave's distribution speed in the deep horizons of the mantle... VNIIGAZ: The Fundamental Problems of Basin and Oil and Gas Formation Creation » Larger-scale fundamental research is intensifying on the issues of sedimentary basins' formation, their evolution and the possibilities for advanced forecasting of large, possibly even non-conventional petroleum accumulation zones... Exploring for Shale ‘Sweet Spots’ » Not a week seems to go by nowadays without an international ‘deal’ for the exploration for unconventional resources being announced in the ‘trade press’. So, for example, Exxon and Rosneft are about to start exploring the Bazhenov shale in Russia, Ukraine and Shell have just announced a $10bn agreement for the exploitation of shale resources ... The ROGTEC Interview: Prem Ballabh Pandey, CEO of Imperial Energy » Prem BallabhPandey talks to ROGTEC magazine, discussing Imperial Energy's buyout by ONGC Videsh, future reservoir plays, oilfield service services and shale development. "Basically my objectives have been to find new ways and technologies to improve productivity of the existing fields and identify new plays which can add to the economically viable production of Imperial Energy."... RPI Reports: The Number of Offshore Subsoil Users Should Be Increased » There is a significant obstacle in the path to serious change in the existing approach to offshore operation licensing, which de-facto grants access exclusively to Gazprom and Rosneft, with third party operators playing only junior partner roles. The obstacle is the positions of Gazprom and Rosneft themselves...	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