India Wants to Look for Offshore Oil Outside the Economic Zone
According to The Times of India newspaper, exploration of the continental shelf in other areas will allow assessing the potential for hydrocarbons and other minerals in the interests of the country‘s economic security. The Government of India plans to involve the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Oil India …
A New Way to Increase the Production of High-Viscosity Oil Has Been Found
To do this, PNRPU scientists have created a three-dimensional model of the processes in the well. Perm Polytechnic University scientists have developed a technology that will reduce costs in the development of high-viscosity oil fields. To do this, they analyzed the extraction method using electric bottom-hole heating. The Devon News …
A Well Will Be Drilled on the Colombian Shelf at a Record Depth of 4 km
Oil companies plan to drill an offshore well in Colombia at a record depth within a few months. Occidental Petroleum and Ecopetrol want to build the Komodo–1 well by the end of the year at a depth of about 3,900 meters. It will break the current record for drilling depth …
Novoye Field Has Started Operating in Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
In this case, Novoye is also a name. Currently, there are 3 wells operating at the field, and by the end of the year, their number will more than triple. The area of the field is more than 370 square kilometers, and recoverable oil reserves in category C1 exceed 350 …
Katlan Gas Field Development to Begin on Israeli Shelf
London-based, Tel Aviv-listed independent Energean will invest $1.2 billion in the Katlan project off the coast of Israel, the company said in announcing its final investment decision. The project is expected to begin producing gas in the first half of 2027. Energean said the production will complement existing gas sales …
Equinor Lets Contracts for Raia Drilling Offshore Brazil
Norwegian energy company Equinor (35%, operator), on behalf of its partners Repsol Sinopec Brasil (35%) and Petrobras (30%), has won a drilling contract with Valaris, represented by Ensco UK Drilling Limited and Ensco do Brasil Petróleo e Gás LTDA, for the Raia project in Brazil. Drilling at Raia is scheduled …
Turkmengaz Discussed Development of Galkynysh Field With ADNOC and Hyundai
As reported by the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper, the parties also discussed a wide range of issues related to the implementation of the third stage of the field development project The management of the state concern Turkmengaz held meetings with representatives of ADNOC (United Arab Emirates) and Hyundai Engineering (Republic of …
Bashneft Sets New Well Drilling Record
Bashneft (part of Rosneft) set a new record for daily drilling of a horizontal well in the Republic of Bashkortostan. Since the beginning of 2024, the maximum daily drilling rate has increased by more than 200 meters (from 444 to 647). This is the highest figure among Rosneft subsidiaries in …
The Russian Federation Is Provided with Some Types of Strategic Minerals for No More Than 25 Years
The share of hard-to-recover reserves in hydrocarbon production is growing, according to the strategy for the development of the mineral resource base until 2050. Russia’s provision with economically viable reserves of some types of strategic and significant minerals currently does not exceed 25 years. This follows from the strategy for …
New Deepwater Oil Project on the US Shelf
BP has made a final investment decision on the Kaskida project in the Gulf of Mexico. The field will become the international oil company’s sixth production hub in the region. A new floating platform with a capacity of 80,000 barrels per day will be installed here. During the first stage …