Casing While Drilling: One of the Ways to Reduce a Carbon Footprint
Global problems such as climate change require immediate technological solutions and tactical measures to minimize that impact on the environment. The concept of «carbon footprint» is used to objectively characterize the environmental efficiency of the life cycle of any product, including the oil industry. The carbon footprint is directly influenced …
Gazprom Neft: The Research and Experience of Applying Water Huff & Puff Technology in a Tight-Oil Reservoir
Introduction There are a number of different challenges associated with the development of oil fields with low permeable reservoirs. One of them is the low efficiency of the formation’s pressure maintenance system, when producing wells have no reaction to water injection, which reduces the oil recovery factor. One of the …
Closure Interview: Kamil Zakirov, CEO, ECO System
As the world moves towards the digitalization of oil and gas operations, we speak to Kamil Zakirov, CEO at ECO System. In this interview, we discuss the “digital” development of the Russian upstream O&G sector and learn about at the ECO digital platform – a complete digital solution for drilling …
ROGTEC Interview: Torsten Murin, Managing Director, Wintershall Dea Russia
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 …
RPI Reports: Russian MWD/LWD Market Outlook – Light at the End of the Tunnel
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 …
Global Trends in Well Drilling and Completion Market: Rystad Energy’s Outlook by 2025
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 …
Customer Centricity as a New Competitive Advantage for Russian Oilfield Services
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 …
Gazprom Neft: Case Study, Eastern Part of the Orenburg Field; Expanding Well Drainage Area Using Acid Jet Tunneling with Coiled Tubing
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, …
Closure Interview: Boris Ivanov, Business Development Director, Axel
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, …
Horses & Zebras: Right Sizing Technology for the Oilfield
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 …