Enhanced Oil Recovery

At the Vatinskoye field of Slavneft-Megionneftegaz (part of Gazprom Neft), the first hydraulic fracturing (fracturing) operation using the domestic hydraulic fracturing fleet was successfully carried out. This was reported by the Neftegaz Territory Telegram channel. Field testing of the Russian hydraulic fracturing fleet On April 6, 2024, the first stage …

Gazprom Neft and LUKOIL signed an agreement on cooperation in the implementation of projects to enhance oil recovery. The document was signed by Alexey Vashkevich, Director for Technological Development of Gazprom Neft, and Ilya Mandrik, Vice President for Geological Exploration and Development of LUKOIL. The partners agreed to work together to …

Gazpromneft – Technological Partnerships (formerly the Bazhen Technology Center), the French SNF holding and its Russian subsidiary SNF Vostok signed a memorandum of cooperation in the development, testing and launch of technologies for chemical enhanced oil recovery technologies on the Russian market. The parties agreed to cooperate in the production …

Experts of Verkhnechonskneftegaz JSC, a subsidiary of Rosneft Oil Company, have successfully implemented a physical and chemical method of enhanced oil recovery and achieved a 54% increase in additional oil production using this technology in 2018 compared to 2017. The method feature is to redistribute the volume of injected water …

The programme committee of the SPE Workshop on Enhanced Oil Recovery has approved the preliminary programme and invites you to join us on 20–21 February at the Holiday Inn Sokolniki. The programme is published on the regional website: http://rca.spe.org/en/events/spe-workshop-enchanced-oil-recovery/. Workshop participants will have an opportunity to share their own experience, …

On 24 March Salym Petroleum Development (SPD) launched ASP mixing unit at the Salym group of fields. This unit is the key facility in the infrastructure of the pilot EOR project which involves injection of a three-component mixture – Alkali, Surfactant, and Polymer – into the formation. The start-up ceremony …

Kuzmichev N. P. Petroleum 21st Century LLC, Almetyevsk A surge in the production of shale oil in the United States over the past decade caused oversupply on the world oil market. Between 2005 and 2013, oil production rose from 5.18 million to 7.44 million barrels per day. In December 2014, …

Yakov Volokitin, Mikhail Shuster, Volodimir Karpan, Salym Petroleum Development N.V. A steady growth in global energy demand requires more efficient production of traditional reserves. One way to address this challenge is to employ improved oil recovery (IOR) methods, which improve the existing recovery techniques (e.g. waterflooding) and apply new oil …

Salym Petroleum Development N.V. (SPD), jointly with the State Commission for Reserves (GKZ) and the Kazan Federal University (KFU) held the Mature Field. Development 3.0 conference in Kazan. The conference was also sponsored by the government of the Republic of Tatarstan and the government of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug – …

BP announced today that it is now operating the world’s first robotic coreflooding system. The Core Flood Robot is the most recent addition to BP’s programme of enhanced oil recovery (EOR) research facilities. Coreflooding is one of the most important techniques used to identify and evaluate EOR technologies. It measures …