India Wants to Look for Offshore Oil Outside the Economic Zone
According to The Times of India newspaper, exploration of the continental shelf in other areas will allow assessing the potential for hydrocarbons and other minerals in the interests of the country‘s economic security. The Government of India plans to involve the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Oil India …
A New Way to Increase the Production of High-Viscosity Oil Has Been Found
To do this, PNRPU scientists have created a three-dimensional model of the processes in the well. Perm Polytechnic University scientists have developed a technology that will reduce costs in the development of high-viscosity oil fields. To do this, they analyzed the extraction method using electric bottom-hole heating. The Devon News …
A Well Will Be Drilled on the Colombian Shelf at a Record Depth of 4 km
Oil companies plan to drill an offshore well in Colombia at a record depth within a few months. Occidental Petroleum and Ecopetrol want to build the Komodo–1 well by the end of the year at a depth of about 3,900 meters. It will break the current record for drilling depth …
Novoye Field Has Started Operating in Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
In this case, Novoye is also a name. Currently, there are 3 wells operating at the field, and by the end of the year, their number will more than triple. The area of the field is more than 370 square kilometers, and recoverable oil reserves in category C1 exceed 350 …
Greek Energean Announces Start of Development of Katlan Gas Field Offshore Israel in the Mediterranean Sea
Greek energy company Energean (100%, operator) announced the final investment decision (FID) on the Katlan field development project offshore Israel in the Mediterranean Sea. Capital expenditures will amount to approximately $1.2 billion. The field is located at a water depth of up to 1,800 m. The first stage of development …
American Helmerich & Payne Acquired the Scottish Drilling Company KCA Deutag for $ 1.97 Billion
The American drilling company Helmerich & Payne announced the acquisition of KCA Deutag International, a Scottish company engaged in ground and sea drilling, engineering and technology. The amount of the transaction amounted to $ 1.97 billion. The activities of the Scottish KCA Deutag are applied to 26 countries, the company …
American Oilfield Services Company Turns Its Gaze to the Middle East
On the eve, the American drilling rig manufacturer Helmerich & Payne announced plans to acquire British competitor KCA Deutag International Ltd., which has enough projects in the Middle East. Helmerich & Payne is not one of the “big four” oilfield services companies, for it the acquisition of a company for …
Egypt Drills New Oil and Gas Wells in Hopes of Moving Away from Energy Imports
Egyptian Oil and Mineral Resources Minister Karim Badawi spoke about a new stage of hydrocarbon exploration in the country, which includes drilling 586 exploratory wells by 2030. It is planned to drill 110 wells by 2026 for $1.2 billion. By 2030, the number of wells should increase to 586, with …
The British Nostrum Oil & Gas Increased Oil and Gas Reserves in Kazakhstan by More than 5 Times
Xodus Group Limited has prepared a report that contains an independent assessment of the reserves and resources of the Stepnoy Leopard group of fields in Kazakhstan as of 1 January 2024. This was reported by Nostrum Oil & Gas PLC. In August 2023, Nostrum announced the launch of exploration and …
Belorusneft Plans to Reach 280 Thousand Meters of Annual Rock Penetration by 2030
The company is constantly working to improve the oil production process, discovering and adapting the latest methods and technologies to the characteristics of the Belarusian region. The main emphasis is on the so-called “difficult” meters of rocks, hard-to-recover hydrocarbon reserves. And the company is demonstrating serious progress in this direction. …