2013

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 Venezuelan Corporacion Venezolana del Petroleo (CVP), a subsidiary of PDVSA. The agreement was signed by Rosneft President …

Marichev Andrey (LLC «Gazprom VNIIGAZ», Moscow region, Leninsky district, Razvilka), Khmarinov Leonid, Efremkin Ivan, Rogozin Maxim (LLC “Gazprom neft shelf”, Moscow) Introduction 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 …

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 prospect on Block A using Zhanros Drilling’s ZJ – 20 rig. The Uytas North prospect is a …

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 Innovation Forum INNOVUS Alexey Miller delivered a speech at the plenary meeting: Alexey Miller “I’d like to point out that Gazprom …

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-Tunguska petroleum province and is a satellite to the Kovytkinskoye field, which is unique in its reserves. Lithologically screened gas condensate deposits …

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, the iPad – before any of us realised we needed them. This seems to me to be …

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. The entire amount of APG produced at …

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 250 in Russia & the CIS, which is up 24 units from the 2012 count of 226. …

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 continued full-on: horizontal drilling and related services have become virtually commonplace, while well workover and logging applications have become more …

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 development will continue in the coming years. The number of wells to drill will depend on the speed at …