Application of Seismic Entropy to Increase Frac Efficiency
S.Akopyan, Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RF, Moscow The seismic entropy method is currently used for earthquake forecasting. It enables us to show the seismic ranges of the geological environment which cause violent earthquakes and the formation of faults in an environment …
New Technologies for Optimizating Condensate Fields with High Gas Factors
S.Tseytlin, D.Eng (Tseytlin Consulting Inc. USA), G.Mirzoev, KG., A.Iskhanov (GMG Int., USA), А. Kashik, D.Eng (Central Geological Survey, Moscow) Over the last 10 years, a new technology has been developed and successfully tested for optimising the production for oil fields with high gas to oil ratio, (GOR), which we will …
Outlook for Offshore Exploration in Russia up to 2025
Irina Chmeleva In recent months, the discussions about the impact of foreign companies and technology on Russian oil production have intensified at all levels. State officials, ranging from the President to various Ministers, have highlighted the need to boost domestic production of equipment in order to substitute imports. Given that …
A New Contract Between Management and the Petro-Technical Professional
Henry Edmundson, R9 Energy Consultants David Bamford, Petromall Ltd The continued search for oil and gas relies in equal measure on good management and superior petro-technical expertise. The key, though, is ensuring that the two worlds mesh smoothly and create a working environment that motivates both parties to succeed. …
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 …
Offshore Hazards: Assessing the Impact of Icebergs on Offshore Production Platforms, Part 2
Dmitry A. Onishchenko (Gazprom VNIIGAZ LLC) Part 1 4 Iceberg Movement Model An important aspect when modelling iceberg movement is the identification of two scales: global and local. Let’s select, with the centre at the platform location point, a “local” domain, the area of which we express as Areg (Fig. …
Tatneft: New Technologies to Maintain Reservoir Pressure
ALSU MATISOVA With many unique oilfields in late stage development, RPM, Reservoir Pressure Maintenance systems, are becoming increasingly important. It is the modern RPM systems, or, more precisely, the new technologies used to maintain the reservoir pressure that make it possible to increase oil recovery. Tatneft engineers are working first …
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 …
Tight Oil Developments in Russia: Part 2
James Henderson The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies Click here to read part 1 3. Corporate Activity in Russia’s Tight Oil Reservoirs Rosneft As befits Russia’s National Oil Company, Rosneft has taken the leading role in the development of the country’s tight oil reserves, in particular since the announcement of …
Technology Roundtable: Unconventional Oil
Russia is starting to develop its unconventional reserves with pilot projects and longer term plans in place. How do you see the current state of the unconventional sector in Russia and how quickly do you think full scale unconventional development in the region will take place? Weatherford: It is difficult …