Matra Petroleum: Well A-13 Successfully Tested
Matra Petroleum PLC, the independent oil and gas exploration and production company with operations in Russia, announced its results for the 12 month period ending 31 December 2011. Highlights: Operational • Well A-13 validated following successful extended well test Financial • Successfully raised £1.2 million through a placement in November 2011 …
Weatherford Successfully Completed A Pilot Project Of Running Tubular Casing With Rotation
Weatherford jointly with the Drilling Operations Department of OJSC VCNG has successfully completed a pilot project of casing running with rotation in the Verkhnechonskoye oil and gas-condensate field. The solution proposed by Weatherford was to use the OverDriveTM System and a special assembly of the casing shoe section. The shoe …
ROGTEC interview with Cliff Berry the Global Business Development Manager at Centek Group
Please introduce yourself with a short bio and your history in Russia Cliff Berry entered the oilfield business in 1977 with Halliburton in Brunei and worked predominantly in Brunei, Malaysia and Sarawak as a cementer and tool operator. He transferred to Aberdeen in 1984 working in the same disciplines. Cliff …
Tatneft: Production at Ashalchinskoye Exceeds 52t per Day
An average production rate of one well at Ashalchinskoye extra-viscous oil field of OAO TATNEFT exceeded 52 tons per day. Pilot production of Ashalchinskoye extra-viscous oil field has been performed by NGDU “Nurlatneft” of OAO TATNEFT since 2006. The technology of steam assisted gravity drainage is applied in the field …
Rosneft VP, Pavel Fedorov, Appointed Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Energy
In connection with Rosneft First Vice President Pavel Fedorov’s move to work as Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation, his responsibilities have been reassigned to members of the Rosneft management board. Pavel Fedorov had worked at the Company since April 2010. He oversaw the financial …
Bashneft and the Administration of the Nenets Autonomous District sign a Cooperation agreement
Bashneft represented by its subsidiary LLC Bashneft-Polus and the Administration of the Nenets Autonomous District have signed a Cooperation agreement today. The document was signed by Igor Fedorov, the Governor, representing the Administration of the Nenets Autonomous District, and by Vitaliy Litvinenko, the CEO of LLC Bashneft-Polus, representing Bashneft. The agreement signing ceremony was attended by Alexander Goncharuk, the Chairman of the …
TNK-BP to Invest $12 mln in Verkhnechonskoe Exploration in 2012
TNK-BP reports Verkhnechonskneftegaz (VCNG) (a TNK-BP Group company) will allocate more than $12 mln for exploration in Verkhnechonskoe field in 2012 to add reserves. The work program includes drilling of 18 prospect/water wells and seismic exploration. Verkhnechonskoe field is a new hydrocarbon production center in East Siberia and a major …
Lukoil Signs Contracks for West Qurna-2 Field Construction in Iraq
LUKOIL Mid-East Ltd (West Qurna-2 project operator) has signed several major contracts for the West Qurna-2 field infrastructure development in Iraq based on the tender results. The contract with Samsung Engineering (Korea) sets out 29 months to construct 5 well pads with 67 development wells, 5 gathering lines, a central …
TNK-BP: Christopher Einchcomb Appointed Senior Vice President, Exploration
In his new position, Christopher will be responsible for exploration projects of the Company in and outside Russia. Christopher has 30-year experience in exploration and production of hydrocarbons. Since August 2011 to date, Christopher has been working in TNK-BP as Vice President, International Projects and Exploration and in 2006–2008 as …
Tatneft Implements Effective Methods of Enhanced Oil Recovery
Modern methods of enhancing crude oil recovery are being successfully appled at TATNEFT Company in order to increase oil recovery from the fields in the late stage of development. One way to increase the sweep efficiency of oil saturated reservoirs is injection of guar gum based gel-forming compositions into the …