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Torsten, please could you outline your role and responsibilities within Wintershall Dea? As Managing Director of Wintershall Dea Russia, I act as the connecting link between the corporate headquarters in Kassel and Hamburg in Germany and the company’s activities in one of our most important core regions which accounts for …

The first half of 2021 was marked by a decline in exploration and production drilling figures, which started in 2019, yet continued during this period. The data demonstrated that, compared to the same period in 2020, production drilling decreased by about 6%, and exploration drilling fell by 20%. All of …

After a challenging 20 months for drillers, including pandemic outbreak and a slower-than-anticipated post-pandemic recovery in the drilling and completions market in the oil and gas sector, are finally seeing light at the end of the tunnel. As the number of Covid-19 vaccinations increase worldwide and travel restrictions ease, oil …

The global and Russian oil production sector is undergoing profound changes and as these new challenges gain momentum, they will demand certain management transformation changes from all the industry players, including oilfield service companies. The article presents the summarized results of the application of customer-centric approaches within the oil services …

Introduction Presently, the Eastern part of the Orenburg oil and gas condensate field (E-OF) is a core asset for Gazprom Neft. The oil-bearing capacity of the E-OF is mainly associated with Kungurian P4, Artinskian P5 and Sakmarian P6 pay zones which are predominantly limestones. The average net oil pay, Р4+5+6, …

Could you introduce yourself to our readers? I have been working in the oil and gas industry for more than 17 years now. In my career I have worked in the USA, Europe, UAE, Iraq, Ukraine and Russia. I was fortunate enough to gain experience in the international service companies, …

A major new East Siberian oilfield development program with a multi-rig/multi-lateral drilling program was well underway, when an increasingly difficult fluid loss issue began to evolve within the principal pay-zone. The combination of multiple-rigs (> 10), with multi-laterals longer than 6,000m in the pay-zone in each well, with a large …

The number of investment funds that incorporate Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors has been growing rapidly in the last twenty years. The ESG factors are a subset of non-financial performance indicators that include ethical, sustainable, and corporate governance issues. ESG is now a generic term used in capital markets …

Anton, you have recently started a new role as the Technology Benchmarking Project Manager in Gazpromneft STC. Can you describe what new responsibilities you have and what you hope to achieve in this role? The major goals that I have set myself are: Organizing the process of searching, analyzing and …

In Tatneft today, “business challenges” occupy a considerable share of the company’s set strategic goals. These are strategic and technical tasks which are set to deliver fold increases in production asset efficiency. About 30 such “challenges” have been identified in different areas, which include searching for technologies that enable the …