TGS Announces New Multi-client 2D Survey in Northeast Greenland
TGS has commenced a new 1,000 km multi-client 2D survey in Northeast Greenland in partnership with Fugro. This survey will enable customers to prepare for the announced Greenland Licensing Round in 2012/2013 and will significantly add to a data set that TGS has been growing since 2008 in this promising …
Tethys Petroleum Limited: Afghan Out Bid
Tethys Petroleum Limited today announced that it understands that the Chinese State Oil Company, CNPC, has won the tender for the Kashkari, Bazarkhami and Zamarudsay blocks in Northern Afghanistan which Tethys was also bidding for. As a commercial oil and gas company Tethys could not offer the same terms as …
M-I SWACO Introduces New Vacuum Debris Removal Tool
WELL SCAVENGER tool generates high lifting rates for intervention application M-I SWACO announced today at the Offshore Europe 2011 Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition the release of the WELL SCAVENGER* vacuum debris removal tool, which is designed specifically to capture and remove debris from the wellbore during intervention activities. …
The ROGTEC Interview: Gareth Every, Business Manager, Energy Services at NALCO
Hi, Gareth. Could you please explain to our readers how long you have been with Nalco and what your objectives are? I’ve actually been in this business all my working life but I’ve been with Nalco since the formation of the old JV – Nalco Exxon Energy Chemicals LP – …
New technologies at Lukoil: The “Geyser” Hydraulic Rod Pump
Lukoil-Perm recently completed field testing, and put into action, the “Geyser” hydraulic rod well pump. The hydraulic drive consists of two basic parts: the frame with hydraulic power cylinder, which is installed directly at the wellhead, and the pumping station, which is mounted next to the well in a control …
Shtokman Development AG: 300 meters under the ice…
Stuart Nelson & Kirill Izmikov: Shtokman Development AG The design, installation and operation of the Shtokman Project are akin to those faced when working in outer space, such are the complexities. Stuart Nelson, subsea production unit manager and Kirill Izmikov, subsea production unit engineer at Shtokman Development AG, discuss the …
Unlocking The Arctic: E&P industry warms to the challenge
Mark Thomas: ROGTEC Magazine Correspondent The Arctic has enormous hydrocarbon resources associated with extreme environments and harsh climatic conditions, in both its coastal areas and the shelves of the northern seas. Russia’s arctic shelf is estimated to hold the equivalent of 100 billion tonnes of oil – a huge amount …
Tethys Petroleum on Radial Drilling Technology Case History: North Urtabulak
Enhanced oil recovery from a mature field in the Republic of Uzbekistan The effectiveness of radial drilling technology has long been a contentious issue within our industry, and it was into this climate of controversy that Tethys Petroleum Limited in 2010 embarked upon a campaign of radial drilling to enhance …
TNK-Uvat: Where Drilling Innovation Comes to Life
Sergey Samyshkin Acting Drilling Dept. Director, TNK-Uvat Vladimir Malov, Regional Supervising Manager, Drilling Dept., TNK-Uvat In 2010, TNK-Uvat demonstrated the best performance among the Upstream’s subsidiaries. Thus, almost 500,000 t were produced above the plan, which came as a natural outcome of the introduction of innovations and the efficient cooperation …
ROGTEC Talks to Gokhan Aker, Drilling Director at TNK-BP: Drilling for the New Era
The world is evolving at a rapid pace leaving behind the technologies and approaches that seemed advanced just a few years ago. The same goes to oil industry and drilling in particular. With the share of hard-to-recover reserves increasing and the scope of new solutions expanding, oil companies around the …