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Eriell Group Starts Drilling Operations for Pechoraneft

Eriell Group started drilling activities within the framework of new project with OJSC Pechoraneft at Kolvinskoe Oilfield. The Company was selected as the prime contractor for construction of 32 producing horizontal and directional wells with complex well profiles and outsteps up to2,500 m. Eriell Group will operate four sets of ZJ …

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Tatneft: January Results

Crude Oil Production TATNEFT produced 2,201,630 tons of crude oil in January 2012 or 100% versus January 2011 with the above-the-plan production amounting to 52,162 tons (102.4%). The amount of 2,176,645 tons was delivered with the above-the-plan delivery amounting to 79,005 tons. Totally enterprises of TATNEFT Company produced 2,225,664 tons …

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Duraband NC Hardbanding for Harsh Drilling Conditions

Hardbanding Solutions, a business unit of Postle Industries, offers Duraband®NC for HPHT, Sour Gas, Highly Deviated and Geothermal Wells. Drilling these types of wells can be very hard on hardbanding and drill pipe tool joints. In addition, casing can show excessive wear. In these types of wells, typical hardbanding products …

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Dragon Oil Trading Statement and Reserves Update

Dragon Oil plc, an international oil and gas exploration and production company, today issues the following trading statement, which includes an operational update, financial highlights for 2011 and the results of the latest reserves assessment. All information referred to in this update is unaudited and subject to further review. Dragon …

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Rosneft: Reservoir Interpretation Increases Drilling Efficiency

R.I. Abdrakhimov, R.R. Galiyev, D.D. Suleymanov T.S. Usmanov, Chem.Dr. (LLC “RN-UfaNIPIneft”) I.S. Afanasyev, Physics-Math. Dr. (OJSC “NC “Rosneft”) Introduction The Neocomian section in Western Siberia was formed through the gradual lateral infilling of debris into a relatively deep sea basin. For most of the territory, the source of the debris …

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ERIELL Group started drilling activities within the framework of new Achimgaz Project

ERIELL Group started drilling at Urengoi Oil and Gas Condensate Field. Wintershall Chief Executive Officer Dr. Rainer Seele supervised BHA fitting and drilling of first meters of well. ERIELL Group was selected as the General Contractor following the tender held by CJSC Achimgaz. The Contract stipulates construction of 20 vertical …

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Baker Hughes Offers Mobile Drilling Waste Recycling Facility

Baker Hughes’ Eco-Centre CR, a mobile and portable onshore waste facility, offers operators a one-stop solution to processing a wide range of drilling fluids and solids in close proximity to shale formations. This eliminates the need to take waste to separate facilities while reducing environmental impacts and transportation risks. “Operators …

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Halliburton Introduces Total Water Management Solutions for Oil and Gas Industry

Halliburton announced today that it is offering a complete approach to meeting the oil and gas industry’s water needs for wellsite operations such as drilling, cementing, and fracturing. Until now, the industry model has been that the well operator bore the responsibility of acquiring sufficient water and then disposing of …

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Max Petroleum Commences Drilling at Asanketken

Max Petroleum Plc, an oil and gas exploration and production company focused on Kazakhstan, is pleased to announce that it has commenced drilling the ASK-2 exploration well in Block E, targeting Jurassic and Triassic reservoirs with estimated unrisked mean resource potential of 50 mmbo. The total depth of the well …

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ROGTEC Talks to Gokhan Aker, Drilling Director at TNK-BP: Drilling for the New Era

The world is evolving at a rapid pace leaving behind the technologies and approaches that seemed advanced just a few years ago. The same goes to oil industry and drilling in particular. With the share of hard-to-recover reserves increasing and the scope of new solutions expanding, oil companies around the …

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