
The ROGTEC Interview: Murat Abdigaliyev, Director, Drilling and Well Services Department, JSC NC KazMunayGas
As the Director of Drilling Department at JSC NC KazMunayGas, what is your day to day role in the company and what are your goals over the coming years? My role is currently to coordinate and participate in drilling projects within KMG and its subsidiaries, analyze and evaluate drilling at …

Closure Interview, Denis Ivanov, General Director for Nabors Russia
What is your position and how long have you been in the company? I am the General Director for Nabors Russia. I have been working for Nabors for more than 3.5 years. How long has your company been operating in Russia? Nabors is successfully working in Russia for almost 10 …

The ROGTEC Interview: Valeri Kurtbidinov, Chief Project Engineer at TNGG
The future of Urengoy region lies in the development of Achimov deposits. Last year, TyumenNIIgiprogas began working simultaneously on facility construction projects in Areas 2, 4 and 5. Today we interview Valeri Kurtbidinov, the projects Chief Engineer and design manager for the construction of the facilities at Areas 1 and …

Closure Interview, Orlando Ramirez, CEO, Stockholm Precision Tools, SPT
Since its founding, in 1996, SPT has risen from start-up to a global supplier of downhole surveying tools. Tell our readers a little bit about the company and also your role within the organization? Since founding SPT, Stockholm Precision Tools, in Sweden in 1996, as CEO, I have been in …

Gazprom Interview with Vitaly Markelov
Vitaly Markelov, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee answers the questions posed by the Gazprom Magazine. Year results Mr. Markelov, how much gas and liquid hydrocarbons did Gazprom produce in 2014? In 2014 the volume of gas production totaled 443.9 billion cubic meters, which is 43.5 billion cubic meters less …

The ROGTEC Interview: Martin Rylance, BP Engineering Manager, Fracturing & Stimulation, and Global Senior Advisor
Your title would suggest an active role in all play types as well as BP´s exploration activities. Please describe your role in the company and your goals. My role can be summarised as ensuring that all of BP’s pumping operations, fracturing, stimulation, chemical, intervention e.t.c. are coordinated within one team …

The ROGTEC Interview: Guillermo Elum, Sales and Marketing Director, HIMOINSA
How long have you been doing business in the region? HIMOINSA has been doing business in Russia since 1999. We entered the market through several major Russian companies, which became HIMOINSA product distributors in the region. Both our distributors and their dealers regularly visit our production centres to receive training, …

The ROGTEC Interview: Mikhail Vilkov, Deputy General Director – Chief Engineer of RBU Russia, ERIELL Group
A year ago, ERIELL Group broke a number of records in drilling the first 1km horizontal well at the the Urengoyskoye oil and gas condensate field in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District. The well was drilled in the Achim deposits. During drilling, we broke our own records for both drilling time …

Closure Interview: Sergey Chizhikov, CEO, Ingenix Group
Please describe your position and role within the company Since the establishment of the company within Gazprombank Group in 2009, I have been the CEO responsible as for the daily company’s activities and for the development of Ingenix Group’s business. Ingenix Group is a relatively young company created in …

The ROGTEC Interview: Mikhail Shuster, ASP Facilities Project Manager, Salym Petroleum Development
Since 2013, Salym Petroleum Development (SPD), the company which develops the Salym group of fields in Western Siberia, has been executing a pilot project for chemical flooding on the basis of a three-component ASP (alkali, surfactant, and polymer) mixture. This April SPD successfully completed drilling of wells for the pilot …