Salym Petroleum Development: Mature Field Development
Salym Petroleum Development N.V. (SPD), jointly with the State Commission for Reserves (GKZ) and the Kazan Federal University (KFU) held the Mature Field. Development 3.0 conference in Kazan. The conference was also sponsored by the government of the Republic of Tatarstan and the government of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug – …
Statoil: Anders Opedal Appointed COO
Anders Opedal is appointed executive vice president and takes on a new position as chief operating officer (COO) in the corporate executive committee (CEC) on 1 April. Opedal will be responsible the corporate improvement programmes and for driving operational efficiency across Statoil‘s business areas. “I am pleased to announce that …
Petrogrand: Frac Service Terminated
Today Petrogrand announces that further to its announcement dated 25 September 2014 to undertake fracing activities on its wells in the Tomsk region, the contractor has been unable to provide the service required in the time specified.
Gazprom Dobycha Noyabrsk: Igor Krutikov Appointed General Director
Igor Krutikov was named Director General of Gazprom Dobycha Noyabrsk. He was born in 1964 in the Sakhalin Region. In 1986 he graduated from Siberian Order of the Red Banner of Labor Automobile and Road Technical Institute, in 2008 he obtained an MBA degree from St. Petersburg International Management Institute. …
Gazprom: Gaz Supply Meeting – Ukrainian 100usd Discount to End on March 31
A working meeting between Dmitry Medvedev, Russian Prime Minister and Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee took place today. The meeting looked at the passing of the autumn-winter period. Alexey Miller reported that Gazprom had steadily supplied Russian and foreign consumers with gas in winter. Special attention was …
Petroneft: SGK Drilling Awarded Tungolskoye Drilling Contract
PetroNeft an oil & gas exploration and production company operating in the Tomsk Oblast, Russian Federation, is pleased to provide an update on operations at Licence 61. Highlights Tungolskoye • Tungolskoye Development drilling contract awarded to Eurasia Drilling, one of the largest drilling companies in Russia – Development will consist …
Statoil: Looking for Heavy Oil Drilling Clearance
Statoil ASA plans to drill four wells in Russia with state oil company OAO Rosneft, targeting heavy oil fields, showing Norway’s biggest energy producer is deepening its involvement in the country against the backdrop of international sanctions. Statoil plans to drill two wells at a heavy oil pilot project in …
Urals Energy: ArticNeft – Workover Increases Production By 30%
Urals Energy PCL, the independent exploration and production company with operations in Russia, is pleased to provide an operations update: ArticNeft The workover programme continues with well #546 showing a 30% increase in flow rate to 79 bbl/d. Wells #547 and #548 have been closed down temporarily to allow for …
LUKOIL: Alexander Leyfrid Appointed General Director of LUKOIL-Komi
LUKOIL would like to announce that Alexander Leyfrid, the former head of OOO LUKOIL-PERM, has been appointed General Director of OOO LUKOIL-Komi and also Vice-president of OAO LUKOIL (combined duties). Pyotr Oboronkov, the former head of OOO LUKOIL-Komi, will work in the corporate headquarters of the company. Oleg Tretyakov, formerly …
LUKOIL: Signs Offshore Etinde Block in Cameroon
LUKOIL closed a transaction to enter a project to develop the Etinde block offshore the Republic of Cameroon in the Gulf of Guinea (West Africa). Earlier, the Company met all the preliminary conditions of the acquisition agreement signed in June 2014. This included obtaining approval from the Cameroon Ministry of …