ROGTEC Articles

Introduction Plummeting hydrocarbon market prices have presented oil producing and service companies with the challenge of fundamentally reconsidering their operation and approaches efficiency. This challenge requires focusing on major concepts shaping the company’s operations. One such concept is the degree of integration and quality of multi-discipline and cross-functional interaction between …

Introduction A scientifically justified program to drill and clean the wellbore from the resulting cuttings makes it possible to significantly reduce the time and costs associated with drilling due to the geological and technological risks. To choose the optimal set of conditions, it is necessary to have the appropriate mathematical …

Introduction Russian drilling practices are changing, with the percentage of directional and horizontal drilling increasing significantly during this decade. Between 2010 and 2017, the share of horizontal well profiles in explorational drilling grew from 11 percent to 41 percent. Russian companies are achieving better production performance by adopting advanced technologies. …

On the one hand, the market for downhole and wellhead equipment is quite a ‘mainstream’ affair with a large presence of domestic players, but on the other hand, some of its cutting-edge segments, such as MSHF equipment, as well as digital oilfield equipment, are generally manufactured by foreign companies. Demand …

With this publication, we will continue our series of articles looking at the management-related segment, of oilfield services, called supervision. Since the publication of our first article in April’s 2017 Issue of ROGTEC Magazine [1], little has changed fundamentally in terms of the key players, market size, and operating principles …

Please tell us about how ART-Osnastka began and how things have changed since the establishment of the company? Our company was established in 2004, in Ufa. Rasim Asfandiyarov founded the company. He is a driller and a driller’s son, who graduated from the Ufa Petroleum Institute and spent more than …

Factors Shaping the Industry Russian oilfield service companies operate in one of the world’s largest oil markets. This inevitably requires additional focus on external drivers, i.e. on how customers impact the nature of the oil market. Understanding these factors and how they affect the oil industry could help comprehend how …

The drilling equipment market, the key segments of which are drilling rigs and top drives, is characterized, on the one hand, by fleet obsolescence, and on the other, by increased requirements toward drilling equipment on the part of major contractors. Considering the outlook until 2030, the accumulated demand for drilling …

1. What is the level of demand for proppants in Russia?  How has this changed from the past 5 years? Borovichi Refractories Plant: Honestly, proppants are the “most wanted” material for oil and gas industry today. The only limits are both the number of frac fleets and the capacity of …

Introduction The key factor in successfully drilling a production well is an accurate geological structure prediction for a producing formation. Currently, new well drilling data often disproves the existing formation models, which undermines the oil and gas reservoir production performance. Local heterogeneity identified through drilling and detailing of the reservoir …