Multi Zone Hydro Fracturing at Lukoil
Between 2013-2015, LUKOIL plans to drill 449 horizontal wells using multi-zone hydrofracturing (HW with MZHF). During 2011, 96 of these wells were drilled and by the end of 2012, LUKOIL will have drilled a further 108. Using this technology has proved highly effective on the difficult reserves of Western Siberia. …
Roxi Petroleum plc: Galaz Spudding NK-12
Roxi Petroleum plc, the Central Asian oil and gas company with a focus on Kazakhstan, is pleased to announce that the NK-12 well at the NW Konys asset (Galaz) was spudded on 23 November 2012. This appraisal well is planned to drill to a total depth of 1500 meters and …
PetroNeft Resources plc: Operations Update
PetroNeft Resources plc owner and operator of Licences 61 and 67, Tomsk Oblast, Russian Federation, is pleased to provide an update on its operations at Licence 61. Highlights: • Arbuzovskoye well 109 successfully completed and put into production • The well is just beginning to stabilise after experiencing flow line …
Tatneft: Figures Demonstrating Results of Operations in October and for Ten Months of 2012
Crude Oil Production The amount of 2,207,049 tons of crude oil was produced at JSC TATNEFT in October or 100.2% versus October 2011. The amount of 21,663,120 tons of crude oil was produced during ten months, which was 67,823 tons more than in 2011 (100.3%) with the above-the-plan production in …
Exillon Energy: Drilling and Production Update and Interim Management Statement
Exillon Energy plc, a London Premium listed oil producer with assets in two oil-rich regions of northern Russia, Timan-Pechora and West Siberia, today issues its Interim Management Statement, Drilling Update and October Production Report. Data are for the period from 1 July 2012 to 30 September 2012 unless otherwise stated. …
Roxi Petroleum plc: Update on BNG / KNOC farm-out
Roxi Petroleum plc, the Central Asian oil and gas company with a focus on Kazakhstan, is pleased to announce that representatives from the existing participants in the BNG licence and KNOC have agreed well locations and secured a rig to commence drilling in December 2012. Well locations The main focus …
Paradigm Drilling Services Secures £250,000 Grant for Innovation
Drilling tool specialist Paradigm Drilling Services has secured a quarter of a million pounds worth of funding through the Technology Strategy Board to progress its pioneering drilling tool solutions. The Smart development of prototype grant will allow the Aberdeenshire-based firm to develop novel Rotary Traction Systems for use in extended …
M-I SWACO Releases New Ultra-High Temperature Non-Aqueous Drilling Fluid
RHADIANT drilling fluid system formulated to maintain stable rheologies and thin filter cake to ensure quality reservoir characterization M-I SWACO, a Schlumberger company, today announced the release of the RHADIANT† ultra-high temperature non-aqueous drilling fluid system. This system eliminates drilling fluid product degradation, prevents wellbore control issues such as barite …
Drilling the Distance: Baker Hughes’ AutoTrak Curve Rotary Steerable Systems Drill Two Million Feet, Saves Time
The Baker Hughes AutoTrak™ Curve rotary steerable system has drilled more than two million feet in unconventional shale plays in only 18 months since the first test wells and six months since the system’s official commercial launch. The convincing pick-up in footage drilled per month indicates the value this …
Cadogan Petroleum plc: Half Yearly Report for the Six Months ended 30 June 2012
Cadogan Petroleum plc (“Cadogan” or the “Company”), an independent oil and gas exploration, development and production company with onshore gas, condensate and oil assets in Ukraine, announces its unaudited results for the six months ended 30 June 2012. · Continued production from the Zagoryanska, Debeslavetska and Cheremkivska licences at a combined …