Shtokman Development AG: 300 meters under the ice…
Stuart Nelson & Kirill Izmikov: Shtokman Development AG The design, installation and operation of the Shtokman Project are akin to those faced when working in outer space, such are the complexities. Stuart Nelson, subsea production unit manager and Kirill Izmikov, subsea production unit engineer at Shtokman Development AG, discuss the …
Unlocking The Arctic: E&P industry warms to the challenge
Mark Thomas: ROGTEC Magazine Correspondent The Arctic has enormous hydrocarbon resources associated with extreme environments and harsh climatic conditions, in both its coastal areas and the shelves of the northern seas. Russia’s arctic shelf is estimated to hold the equivalent of 100 billion tonnes of oil – a huge amount …
Tethys Petroleum on Radial Drilling Technology Case History: North Urtabulak
Enhanced oil recovery from a mature field in the Republic of Uzbekistan The effectiveness of radial drilling technology has long been a contentious issue within our industry, and it was into this climate of controversy that Tethys Petroleum Limited in 2010 embarked upon a campaign of radial drilling to enhance …
TNK-Uvat: Where Drilling Innovation Comes to Life
Sergey Samyshkin Acting Drilling Dept. Director, TNK-Uvat Vladimir Malov, Regional Supervising Manager, Drilling Dept., TNK-Uvat In 2010, TNK-Uvat demonstrated the best performance among the Upstream’s subsidiaries. Thus, almost 500,000 t were produced above the plan, which came as a natural outcome of the introduction of innovations and the efficient cooperation …
ROGTEC Talks to Gokhan Aker, Drilling Director at TNK-BP: Drilling for the New Era
The world is evolving at a rapid pace leaving behind the technologies and approaches that seemed advanced just a few years ago. The same goes to oil industry and drilling in particular. With the share of hard-to-recover reserves increasing and the scope of new solutions expanding, oil companies around the …
How can we explore the Russian Arctic Shelf?
David Bamford – david@windwardexploration.com Western oil & gas technical journals as well as ordinary newspapers wax lyrical over the hydrocarbon resources of the Arctic, typically referring to it as the next global frontier. Huge resource estimates are bandied about – the USGS has suggested as much as 400 billion barrels …
Rosneft: The Final Frontier, Hydrocarbon Potential in the Eastern Arctic
N. A. Malyshev, Dr. of Geology and Mineralogy, V.V. Obmetko, PhD Geology and Mineralogy, A.A.Borodulin (Rosneft) Introduction Today, Rosneft’s activities cover most of the hydrocarbon producing regions of Russia: the Timano-Pechora oil and gas basin, the Volga territory, Northern Caucasus, East and West Siberia and the Far East. Along the …
Blackbourn Reports: Petroleum Geology of the West Siberian Basin
Chapter 1. Introduction and Brief Review of the Petroleum Geology II.1.1 Introduction As noted in Section I.1.3, the West Siberian Basin has been sub-divided into distinct petroleum-geological regions by various authors, and there is no wholly consistent terminology. The ten regions illustrated in Enclosure II.1 are widely used in the …
ROGTEC Editors Note Issue 26
Dear Readers, I hope you have all enjoyed the summer – it was good to catch up with everyone during the shows. From our point of view, we were very proud to showcase our 25th issue at the Caspian Oil & Gas Exhibition and MIOGE, which were both a great …
BP responds to Bailiff Raid on BP EOC
BP EOC will initiate cancellation of enforcement proceedings under the unjustified claim by Andrei Prokhorov. On Thursday night the bailiff of the Federal Bailiff Service (FSSP) for Moscow passed a resolution to postpone the execution of enforcement procedures against BP Exploration Operating Company Limited (BP EOC) until 10 September 2011. …