Rosneft Increases Production In Water-Oil fields
Specialists from RN-Yuganskneftegaz, the Company’s largest producing asset, drilled a well using the fishbone technology* in the water-oil section of a mature field. The oil production rate of the multilateral well was 500 tons per day, which is twice as much as compared to traditional technologies.
The development of technological potential is one of the key elements of the Rosneft 2030 strategy. The company gives priority to innovation, identifying technological leadership as a key factor of competitiveness in the oil market.
The key problem in the development of water-oil zones is the accelerated watering of wells, which complicates production. Traditional drilling technologies in such areas provide low flow rates. To increase oil production and profitability, specialists from the Rosneft Scientific Institute in Ufa performed multivariate calculations in the RN-KIM corporate software package and substantiated the use of fishbone technology in the oil-water section.
In the future, mass implementation of the technology will increase the oil recovery factor in the oil-water zones of the Company’s fields.
* “Fishbone” (English: fishbone) is a multilateral well with a special trajectory, in which numerous branches extend from one horizontal trunk. The shape of the well resembles a fish skeleton – hence the name.
