Gazprom Neft: Production Line, Production Drivers and Prospective Assets
Having launched two major projects, Messoyakha and Novy Port, Gazprom Neft has created a solid basis for development in the north of YNAO, and for production growth in the coming years. However, today the Company is focusing on other regions and trends. This includes both of the projects in the …
Rosneft: Managed Pressure Drilling in Low Pressure Formations
The main objectives and results of the first MPD trial job in the Yurubcheno-Tokhomskoye field are presented in this article. Based on the result of this job the conclusion for this technologies utilization in highly fractured carbonate formation can be assessed. The utilization of this technology is focused on increasing …
SPD: Horizontal Wells
Salym Petroleum Development (SPD) is a Joint venture formed by a 50/50 partnership between Shell and Gazprom Neft to extract oil from the Cherkashin Formation in Western Siberia via three oilfields. The company operates 4 drilling rigs, 1 mobile sidetrack rig, 17 worker hoists and 6 wireline units in a …
Technology Roundtable: Drilling Fluids
1. Drilling-fluid selection remains one of the most important components of a successful well-construction operation. This results in a complicated product/system selection process. What is the optimal way to select the correct fluids for a well? Kaz M-I SWACO: Alongside many other engineering problems, selection of a wise and optimal …
RPI: Rapid Growth Expected in Russia’s Horizontal Directional Drilling Services Market
Despite two major economic downturns, the Russian oilfield services market grew by 370% to 1.14 trillion rubles from 2006 to 2016. In this period, HD and sidetracking were in many respects the key market drivers, as it will be for the next ten years. As a result, this will lead …
Technical Regulations for Measuring Instrumentation for Logging Operations
Introduction Well construction is a complicated process from an engineering point of view involving a number of tasks relating to a wide range of technologies. In the most cases, each task is performed using a separate tool not related to the others. So a lot of data is used inefficiently …
VCNG: Proppant Optimisation in the Low Temperature Verkhnaya-Chona Field
This article discusses the initial results of the low-temperature proppant chemical consolidation technology testing after fracking at low temperatures in the Verkh-nechonsky field of Verkhnechonskneftegaz. The tests showed the following effects: a decrease in proppant backflow during completion and operation of the well; increase in ESP time between failures; decrease …
The ROGTEC Interview: Artem Zmeu, Head of Central Engineering and Technological Service, NPF Paker
What are the major differences between permanent and retrievable packers? There are many different types of packer equipment. The choice of packer for the required performance characteristics is based on the application. The packers differ by their installation type: hydraulic, mechanical, electrical, or explosive. The mechanical installation type is classified …
Closure Interview: Evgeny Boldyrev, Executive Vice President, NewTech Services
Please describe your role at NewTech Services and your responsibilities. Within the company I am responsible for developing our current business lines and for launching new projects, both domestically within Russia and also internationally in areas such as Kazakhstan. My tasks also include the control and development of our many manufacturing …
SSC Hardbanding Report
Tribological test results for wear resistant hardbanding The primary cause of drill pipe tool joint wear as it rotates in the open well bore is the presence of a hard rock layer in aggressive geological formations. Drilling in such severe operating conditions results in the wearing of the outside diameter …