Oil & Gas Operators

On August 08, 2018, INK-SERVICE, LLC together with Phoenix Technology Services Russia, LLC reached the final depth of 4676.4 m on well No. 833, Pad 216 at the Yarakta field. A 1720 m-long horizontal section was drilled without using RSS technology. Yuri Sergeev, Deputy Director-General for Drilling, Irkutsk Oil Company, OJSC: “During the drilling of …

Vitaly Markelov, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Alexander Artyukhov, Director General of United Engine Corporation (UEC), today signed at the 8th St. Petersburg International Gas Forum a Cooperation Program to provide Gazprom with reliable domestic gas turbine equipment until 2030. The signing ceremony took place in the presence of Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management …

A working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Joe M. Kang, President of the International Gas Union (IGU), took place today at the 8th St. Petersburg International Gas Forum. The parties discussed the world gas industry’s development trends, including the long-term role of natural gas in the global energy mix. According to IGU, global gas consumption …

Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Rainer Seele, Chairman of the Executive Board of OMV, today signed in St. Petersburg a Basic Agreement on Asset Sale. The signing ceremony took place in the presence of Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, and Sebastian Kurz, Federal Chancellor of Austria, at the State Hermitage Museum. In accordance with the document, …

Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Rainer Seele, Chairman of the Executive Board of OMV, today signed at the 8th St. Petersburg International Gas Forum a Memorandum on Strategic Cooperation. The document envisages the creation of a Joint Coordinating Committee on collaboration in the natural gas sector, both upstream and downstream, science and technology as well as staff training. …

Vitaly Markelov, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Maarten Wetselaar, Member of the Executive Committee of Royal Dutch Shell, today signed at the 8th St. Petersburg International Gas Forum the Framework Agreement on the joint design concept (pre-FEED) for the Baltic LNG project. The signing ceremony took place in the presence of Alexey Miller, Chairman …

Energy majors developing the Karachaganak gas condensate field will pay $1.1 billion (£844 million) to Kazakhstan to settle a profit-sharing dispute, Kazakhstan’s Energy Ministry said on Monday. Kazakhstan and the consortium led by Shell <RDSa.AS> and Eni <ENI.MI> will also amend the terms of their production-sharing agreement so that the …

On September 28, Rosneft’s Extraordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting took place in form of absentee voting. Holders of 92.36% of the Company’s shares participated in the meeting. Shareholders approved the dividend payment, based on H1 2018 results, in the amount of 14 rubles 58 kopecks per ordinary share of the Company, …

Vienna, Austria, 4 October 2018–The price of OPEC basket of fifteen crudes stood at $83.64 a barrel on Wednesday, compared with $83.28 the previous day, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations. (View Archives). The OPEC Reference Basket of Crudes (ORB) is made up of the following: Saharan Blend (Algeria), Girassol (Angola), Djeno (Congo), Oriente (Ecuador), …

Today, during the Russian Energy Week, Chairman of the Management Board of PAO NOVATEK (“NOVATEK”) Leonid Mikhelson and President and Chief Executive Officer of Siemens AG (“Siemens”) Joe Kaeser signed a Strategic Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (“Agreement”). According to the Agreement, the Parties intend to strengthen and develop the strategic …