ROGTEC Articles

For the 5th year running, the leading figures involved in Russia’s well engineering sector gathered at the Kempinski Baltschug Hotel to discuss industry challenges at the RDCR. This year’s event saw a record attendance – with over 280 delegates coming to participate in the presentations and join in the lively …

For the first time at RDCR 2017: the RDCR executive committee, in direct collaboration with the RDCR Advisory board and our regional Operator partners – hosted the “RDCR Awards” for the best drilling contractors and services companies operating across the Russian Federation. The awards were issued directly by the regional …

Overview The work defines the methodological aspects of selection and expert analysis of the optimal drilling fluids (RDFs) for producing reservoirs deriving from geotechnical and the geological characteristics of the development. The works were performed in pre-salt carbonate and terrigenous reservoirs of the Vend-Cambrian deposits of the Nep-Butob Anticlise in …

Today’s oil wells are highly sophisticated and costly facilities. The company’s successful introduction of innovative construction technology is directly linked to the oil production costs, achievements in developing non-conventional and hard-to-recover reserves and extended operation of brownfields with their falling production. Drilling 2.0 Gazprom Neft has approved its Well Drilling …

Gazprom Neft adopted technological program for the development of gas cap deposits  The gas cap deposits make up a significant part of the reserves to be processed by Gazprom Neft in the very near future. It is sufficient to say that there are gas cap deposits in the large fields …

The article continues and amplifies the key topic of  “The Russian Drilling Market in 2017: The Market Outlook and Management Challenges”, from ROGTEC Issue 48 (2017). The drilling process management systems efficiency enhancement requires the creation of adequate tools; such as time and resource consumption standards for the particular operation …

  Between 2006-2016 Russia almost doubled the footage drilled, resulting in a significant growth in oil production. During this period the drilling market grew followed by an explosive growth throughout the last two years but this could end in 2017 due to the global agreement to cut production. In the …

Mr. Govzich, in 2015 Salym Petroleum Development (SPD) declared that it would stop the production decline rate on the fields it developed and would come into growth. Following up on last year’s results, this goal was achieved. What are the key reasons for this achievement?  Following up on the results …

History of Success RN-Yuganskneftegaz (RN-YuNG) is a major oil company, and part of NK Rosneft. Formed in 1977, it has 26 oil fields under development located in Khanty-Mansiysk, Western Siberia. RN-YuNG has also been developing relatively new fields such as Priobskoe and Prirazlomnoe that feature a relitively low depletion of …

Please describe your role within Eckel Manufacturing and your responsibilities.  I am chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of Eckel International, the largest global providers of innovative and high performance hydraulic power tongs for the oil and gas industry. I am a second-generation family member involved in …