Oilfield

CETCO Oilfield Services, produced water and production services specialists for the oil and gas industry, has further expanded its team with the recent appointment of Chris Higgins as projects engineering manager. The newly created role was developed to help increase revenues in the European and Middle East and North Africa …

Based on the results of the 22nd licensing round conducted by the Norwegian Ministry of Oil and Energy, LUKOIL was awarded two licenses in the Norwegian sector of the Barents Sea.   At block 719 (Fingerdjupet Region) LUKOIL holds a 30-percent interest, Britain’s Centrica (operator) – 50% and Norway’s North Energy – 20%. …

Gazprom Neft, the operator of the Badra oil field in Iraq, has begun testing well Bd4. After completion of the first stage of experimental work, the well began gushing at a flow rate of 2000 barrels of oil per day. A total of seven tests are scheduled at the site, …

The Gazprom Board of Directors approved the Company’s activities to arrange pre-development of the Chayandinskoye and Kovyktinskoye fields and took notice of the information regarding their development prospects. Kovyktinskoye field Enlarge photo (JPG, 1 MB) The Management Committee was tasked to inform the Board of Directors on the interim results of these activities in the fourth quarter of 2013. Source

On November 26, Supervisory Board of Salym Petroleum Development N.V. (SPD) approved the go ahead for a pilot on using new technology that enables to enhance oil recovery by chemical flooding with ASP. The ASP field pilot will be undertaken in the Salym group of fields in Western Siberia in …

A set of technical/technological and organizational measures to provide for stable and accident-free operation of oilfield facilities is being implemented at OAO TATNEFT to ensure the environmental safety of crude oil production. Significant impact on the reliability of the oil field equipment at the facilities of the Company is a …