Rosneft Improves the Accuracy of Oil Production Forecasts
Specialists from the Rosneft Scientific Institute in Ufa have improved the search for promising areas of oil-bearing rocks in Western Siberia. The new approach makes it possible to identify the most priority areas for drilling in difficult geological conditions typical of the Bazhenov formation*. The specialists analyzed an expanded set …
The TAGRAS Mechanical Division Has Developed an Innovative Circulation System for Cleaning Drilling Mud
The TMS Group division of the TAGRAS Holding has manufactured a circulation system for fine cleaning of drilling mud, improving the approach to assembling the structure. The customer required a 40-cubic-meter tank with process piping, vibrating screens, hydrocyclones and electrical equipment. When manufacturing the system, the TMS Group team revised …
In Ugra, It Was Proposed to Introduce Benefits for Exploration and Production of Hard-to-Recover Oil
According to the Federal Agency for Subsoil Use, in Russia over the past nine years, the volume of hard-to-recover oil reserves (TRIZ) has increased by 3.8 billion tons, an annual increase of three percent on average. In Western Siberia, 37 percent of the resources belong to this category. In the …
Belorusneft Drillers Set a New Record
A new bar has been reached today during the drilling of well No. 491 Rechitskaya Square. The record holder was drilling team No. 1, which passed 4,313 m of rocks in 24 days of drilling. Before that, the production peak was 4,258 m, set by the employees of drilling crew …
Saipem Will Carry Out Marine Engineering Work in Saudi Arabia Worth about $1 Billion
The work will be carried out under two contracts at the Marjan, Zulur and Safaniya oil and gas fields. Saipem has signed two contracts in Saudi Arabia as part of its current long-term agreement with Saudi Aramco. The total value of the two contracts is about $1 billion. Under the …
The Belorusneft Fund Was Replenished with Eight New Wells in August
In the last summer month, Belarusian oilmen completed drilling 8 new wells. Five of them were built at the Rechitsky field, one each at the Hartsevskaya, Vishanskaya and Tishkovskaya squares. In August, the HSE team handed over two installed drilling rigs to colleagues from the Svetlogorsk Drilling Operations Department – …
The Number of Drilling Rigs in the World Has Continued to Grow for Three Months in a Row
The number of operating oil and gas drilling rigs in the world continues to increase for the third month in a row. This is evidenced by data from the oilfield services company from the USA Baker Hughes. In August, 1,735 drilling rigs were operating in the world, which is 22 …
Rosneft Produced 131.3 Million Tons of Oil in the First Half of the Year
Rosneft‘s hydrocarbon production in the first half of the year amounted to 131.3 million tons of oil equivalent (5.362 million barrels per day), the company said. At the same time, the production of liquid hydrocarbons was recorded in the amount of 92.8 million tons (3.796 million b/d), gas – 46.8 …
Belorusneft Has Set a Record for Monthly Drilling of New Wells
The drillers set a new record high this morning. As told in the Well Construction Management Center of NGDU Rechitsaneft, as of 8.00 a.m., a record was set for monthly drilling of new wells by 14 drilling crews of the SUBR. “The penetration was 25,356 m. The previous record value …
QazaqGaz Starts Drilling a New Well at the Anabai field
QazaqGaz Exploration and Production LLP has started drilling well No. 17 at the Anabai field in order to uncover and extract gas from the Devonian productive horizon and increase the economic efficiency of field development, the press service of the national gas company reports. In accordance with the Anabai field …