
A New Way To Revive Wells Has Been Found
Tatneft drills sidetracks on a casing liner without conducting geophysical research. Today, many of Tatneft’s fields in Tatarstan are at a late stage of development. There are a number of problems associated with this. Among them are the aging of the operating stock, a high degree of depletion of reserves …

Lukoil May Increase Investments In Geological Exploration By 30% In 2024
According to the head of the company’s geological exploration department, Alexander Semyanov, investments could grow to 47 billion rubles compared to 36 billion rubles in 2023. Lukoil’s investments in geological exploration may grow by 30% this year – to 47 billion rubles, compared to 36 billion rubles in 2023, follows …

Belarusian Oil Workers Set a New Record for Rock Drilling
In March of this year, the team of the Svetlogorsk Drilling Directorate drilled 23,159 m of rock. This is almost 2 thousand m more than the previous record figure set in September 2023 – 21,438 m. The SUBR emphasized that this is the result of the coordinated work of specialists …

Rosgeo Engineering & Geological Fleet Drilled 103 Wells on the Arctic Shelf in 2023
The research fleet of JSC “Arctic Marine Engineering and Geological Expeditions” (AMIGE, a subsidiary of Rosgeologiya) in 2023 fulfilled 100% of its obligations under commercial and government contracts. Last year, 103 shallow wells for various purposes were drilled on the Arctic shelf of the Russian Federation with a total penetration …

Rosneft Will Hold An Open Championship In Virtual Drilling Of Horizontal Wells
On April 1, registration began for the Geonavigation League, an open championship for virtual drilling of horizontal wells in difficult geological conditions. The competition will take place as part of the IT Marathon, which for the sixth year in a row is organized by the largest research and design institute …

Turkey Begins Drilling In The Black Sea In Search Of Gas
Turkey has begun drilling the Göktepe-1 well in the Black Sea to determine the presence of gas deposits, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said. Turkey will conduct exploration in three places in the Black Sea this year to determine the presence of gas deposits, Bayraktar said earlier. “The …

Study Core Samples, Visit The Arctic And Learn What Stratigraphy Is – Geology Days Start At The Rosneft Pavilion
Geology Days will be held in the Rosneft pavilion at VDNKh as part of the International Exhibition and Forum “Russia” from April 2 to 7. Visitors to the exhibition will be able not only to learn about geological exploration tools and techniques, but also to see unique footage from the …

Simple Set-and-Retrieve, Full-Expansion Retrievable Bridge Plug for Temporary Well Plugging
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RN-Uvatneftegaz Launched The Severo-Nemchinovskoye Field Into Commercial Production
The RN-Uvatneftegaz company (part of the oil production complex of Rosneft Oil Company) has launched commercial operation of the Severo-Nemchinovskoye field of the Uvat project. The flow rate of the first production well of the Severo-Nemchinovskoye field is more than 140 tons/day. During its construction, 10 hydraulic fracturing stages were …

“Walking” Drilling Rigs Will Be Developed In Tatarstan
They will have a platform for lateral movement of the mobile unit. The Design Bureau of the Higher School of Petroleum has developed sliders for drilling rigs. In the new educational and laboratory building in Almetyevsk, 3D models and documentation are created for Tatneft. At the same time, Higher School …