International Experience of Shale Oil Production: Implications for the Bazhenov Formation and Russian Equipment Manufacturers
1. Shale Oil in Russia and the Bazhenov Formation In Russia, the main volume of shale oil (LTO*) resources is located in the Bazhenov, Domanik, and Khadum formations, of which the first is the most promising. The Bazhenov formation is a group of mature source rocks found over an area …
Russneft: Reserves Replacement Ratio at 176% in 2017.
The reserves replacement ratio was at 176%. As “RussNeft” comments, the bulk of geological exploration works was fulfilled in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District. During prospecting and appraisal phase, 1 000 km of 2D seismic survey was carried out at Zapadno-Uzunskiy, Pikovy and Khantymansiysko-Frolovskiy licence areas for detailing of promising oil and …
Gazprom Neft and MIPI: Establish Bazhenov Fracturing Research Centre
Gazprom Neft, together with the at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) Engineering Centre have established a fracking support centre in St Petersburg to investigate optimum technological solutions for developing the unconventional reserves of the Bazhenov Formation. The new centre will employ geologists, geomechanics and engineers from Gazprom …
RussNeft: Bazhenov Sredne-Shapshinskoye Field Testing at 100 T/D
“In the course of testing of Bazhenov Formation, RussNeft obtained a flow rate of 100 tonnes per day at Sredne-Shapshinskoye field”, says the press release of the company. Bazhenov Formation (a group of petroliferous rock beds) in West Siberia contains tight oil. As Rosnedra previously reported, oil reserves at the …
Gazprom Neft’s Future Development Stratagies
Gazprom Neft’s resource base development strategy determines the company’s strategic target – an increase in production to 100 mln t/y by 2020 and to maintain this level of production in future. “A 100 mln t/y production is a strategic target that Gazprom Neft shall achieve by 2020”. This target has …
Gazprom Neft: First Project Studying The Bazhenov Formation at the Vyngayakhinskoye Field
Gazprom Neft has begun investigating reserves at the Bazhenov formation* at Vyngayakhinskoye field, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (a project currently being implemented by Gazpromneft-Muravlenko). Marking the company’s first foray into the investigation of unconventional reserves (a category that includes the Bazhenov formation) Gazprom Neft has, hitherto, been concentrating on identifying the …
Gazprom Neft: Begins First Project On Studying The Bazhenov Formation
Gazprom Neft has begun investigating reserves at the Bazhenov formation* at Vyngayakhinskoye field, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (a project currently being implemented by Gazpromneft-Muravlenko). Marking the company’s first foray into the investigation of unconventional reserves (a category that includes the Bazhenov formation) Gazprom Neft has, hitherto, been concentrating on identifying the …
Platts: Sanctions Not Affecting Russia As Deeply As Planned – Drilling Volumes Up Significantly
International sanctions against Russia introduced in 2014 turned out not to be the bogeyman they first seemed to be, and could in fact have played a key role in helping the Russian oil sector to not only handle the sharp price drop over the last year and a half, but …
Return to Achimov: A Comparison of the Achimov and Neocomian Beds in the Noyabrskiy Region
Kirill Nikolayev Unclaimed Reserves The Achimov suite is the lowermost level of the Lower Cretaceous deposits overlying the Jurassic play. Its geological structure is complex, and that is why it took some time to start developing the Achimov. In some fields exploration activities to estimate the Achimov deposits and the …
Gazprom Neft Implements Technology Strategy for Development of Non-conventional Reserves
Sofiya Zorina Development of the Bazhenov formation is one of the key strategic objectives of Gazprom Neft in the medium term. Success in achieving this objective directly depends on the company’s technological development. In 2014 plans to develop non-conventional reserves which had been announced in Gazprom Neft some time …