Statement of Bashneft
Bashneft has issued the following statements related to labor protection, industrial safety, environmental protection, and social responsibility: «Protecting labor and ensuring a high level of industrial and environmental safety are one of the key priorities of JSOC Bashneft’s activities. Not only this is due to regulatory requirements of the government but also to the Company’s and its management’s deep comprehension of its responsibility …
Baker Hughes Launches SOr Sponge Liner Coring System that Delivers Larger Volumes of Unaltered Cores
Accurate formation data helps optimize life cycle management Baker Hughes announced today the availability of its SOr™ (saturation oil remaining) sponge liner coring system, which provides an accurate analysis and measurement of fluid types and oil saturation levels in cores. This information helps operators optimize their asset life cycle and …
Schlumberger Releases Slimhole Measurement-While-Drilling Service
DigiScope service transmits high-quality data for real-time decision-making in land, extended-reach and deepwater wells Schlumberger today introduced the DigiScope* slimhole measurement-while-drilling (MWD) service. The robust signal of the DigiScope slimhole MWD technology transmits high-quality data to surface for real-time reservoir description and geosteering in land, extended-reach and deepwater wells. “The …
Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin Visits BP Office in Houston
Igor Sechin, Rosneft President and Chairman of the Management Board, held a meeting with BP CEO Bob Dudley in Houston on March 5, 2013. The parties discussed current and prospective cooperation between the companies, including in the domain of technologies and R&D. As part of the meeting Igor Sechin visited …
TNK-BP Increases Estimated Recoverable Reserves at Tarkhanovskoe Field by 50%
ТNК-ВР reports that it has seen oil flow to surface at the Tarkhanovskoe field in the Orenburg region. As a result of implementing new drilling technology a flow rate of 150 t/day was seen from well # 10. This allowed increasing the estimated recoverable reserves of the Tarkhanovskoe field by …
Rosneft Holds Board of Directors Meeting: Dudley Proposed as candidate
The Rosneft Board of Directors held a meeting on March 4, 2013 and ruled to call the Annual Meeting of Company’s Shareholders (for 2012) in the form of holding a General Meeting (compresence of Company’s shareholders) in St Petersburg on June 20, 2013. The list of those entitled to participate …
RDCR Participant Update
The 1st Russian Drilling Contractors Roundtable is pleased to announce that Russia’s largest drilling contractors will be attending the event. EDC Group and SGK Drilling will be sending a large delegation as the Gold Sponsors. The Siberian Service Company (SSC), Integra Drilling, Ru Energy and Burgaz will be sending sizable …
TNK-BP to Invest 4.4 Billion Rubles in Orenburg Region Exploration in 2013
ТNК-ВР reports that in 2013 it will allocate 4.4 bn rubles to implement exploration programs in the Orenburg region. TNK-BP is implementing a large-scale program to stabilize production in brownfields, including Orenburgneft and Buguruslanneft fields that have been developed for more than 75 years and belong to the oldest producing …
Schlumberger Launches Slimhole High Build Rate RSS
Schlumberger announced today the release of the slimhole PowerDrive Archer* high build rate rotary steerable system (RSS). The new RSS delivers build rates of up to 18°/100 feet (ft), with full directional control and dogleg assurance for complex 3D well profiles and multilateral well designs. “The slimhole PowerDrive Archer RSS …
Schlumberger Launches Slimhole High Build Rate RSS
High build rate RSS provides dogleg assurance in carbonate, sand and unconventional reservoirs Schlumberger announced today the release of the slimhole PowerDrive Archer* high build rate rotary steerable system (RSS). The new RSS delivers build rates of up to 18°/100 feet (ft), with full directional control and dogleg assurance for …