Verkhnechonskoye Field Produced the 30-millionth Ton of Oil Since Coming on Stream
Verkhnechonskoye oil and gas condensate field produced the 30-millionth ton of oil since the beginning of commercial operating in October 2008, when Verkhnechonskneftegaz started supplies of oil to Eastern Siberia – Pacific Ocean oil pipeline. The record became possible due to effective geologic technical operations and implementation of ground infrastructure …
Lamprell Completes Second Caspian Sea Drilling Unit
Lamprell (ticker: LAM), a leading provider of fabrication, engineering and contracting services to the onshore and offshore oil & gas and renewable energy industries, is pleased to announce that it has successfully completed construction of the second Caspian Sea jackup drilling rig, the “Mercury”. Completion of this rig is another …
Igor Sechin Made a Working Visit to Azerbaijan
Igor Sechin made a working trip to Azerbaijan. In the course of the visit the Head of Rosneft met with SOCAR’s chief Rovnag Abdullaev. The parties discussed the execution of joint projects in the area of oil production and refining in Russia and Azerbaijan. Afterwards Rosneft head and SOCAR President …
Total CEO Christophe de Margerie Killed in Moscow Business Jet Accident
The chief executive of French oil major Total, Christophe de Margerie, was killed when a business jet collided with a snow plough during takeoff at Moscow’s Vnukovo International Airport, the company and airport officials said. The collision occurred late on Monday, just minutes before midnight Moscow time, the airport said …
Tatneft’s Environmental Activities for Nine Months of 2014
The specialists of JSC TATNEFT performed a significant amount of work for nine months in 2014 to improve the environmental safety of oil field facilities. 854.9 km of corrosion resistant pipes and 4078.9 tons of corrosion inhibitors were produced in OAO TATNEFT from the beginning of the year. 458 wells …
Tatneft's Environmental Activities for Nine Months of 2014
The specialists of JSC TATNEFT performed a significant amount of work for nine months in 2014 to improve the environmental safety of oil field facilities. 854.9 km of corrosion resistant pipes and 4078.9 tons of corrosion inhibitors were produced in OAO TATNEFT from the beginning of the year. 458 wells …
SLC-Group Delivered New Horizontal Well for Rosneft on Krasnoleninskoe Oilfield
New horizontal well # 5518 was drilled on Krasnoleninskoe oilfield for ROSNEFT oil company with the using of the top drive system DQ70BS, which was set on the drilling rig ‘ЭУК 3000’. The well length was 3802 m. Performance of the top drive had the following maximum values: *rotation speed 120 rpm./min.; *torque 27 kNm. …
Gazprom Neft Expands its Resource Base in the Orenburg Region
Gazprom Neft Orenburg (a subsidiary of Gazprom Neft) has completed the 100% acquisition of OOO Yugra-Intek, which has a licence to search, explore and produce oil in the Kuvaisky licensing area in the Orenburg region. Seismological surveys have already been conducted on the block which covers an area of 140 …
Nizhnevartovsk Oil and Gas Producing Company Starts Industrial Exploration of South-Uzunsky Licensed Site
Rosneft subsidiary Nizhnevartovsk oil and gas producing company starts commercial drilling on South-Uzunsky licensed site situated in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous District-Yugra Two drilled wells provided average daily flow rate of 50 tons each. It is planned to drill 12 recovery wells, 5 service wells and 1 prospect well at the …
New Order for Drillmec in the Land of Fire
Last April, Drillmec signed a contract with SOCAR-AQS for the supply of an automatic hydraulic model HH300 off-shore. SOCAR-AQS LLC was established in 2007 between State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (51%) and Absheron Drilling Company (49%). SOCAR-AQS LLC is a fast growing, integrated drilling and services provider that is …