CNOOC Limited Announced the Start of Oil Production as Part of the Enping 21-4 Field Development Project
The Chinese company CNOOC Limited (a subsidiary of the oil and gas giant China National Offshore Oil Corporation, CNOOC) began production as part of the Enping 21-4 oil field development project. The company’s press service reported this on June 27, 2024. Enping 21-4 Field opened in 2020; part of the …
Gazprom Drilling: Completed Construction the Longest ERD Well in the Cenomanian in Russia
Gazprom Drilling completed construction of a unique high-tech well No. 1208 of the Semakovskoye gas condensate field located on the northern coast of the Taz Peninsula in the polar part of Western Siberia (most of the area is confined to the water area of the Taz Bay). The well has …
Introducing Geosteer Well On Paper™ A New Important Step in the Well Delivery Process
How the Planning Phase can Foreshadow Geosteering Failure The success of any geosteering process is determined at the planning stage. This article will present the most crucial aspects of well planning which directly impact the effectiveness and efficiency of the geosteering process while drilling. These critical matters, often overlooked or …
Messoyakhaneftegaz: Drills 1.9km ERD Well
Messoyakhaneftegaz, a Gazprom Neft—Rosneft joint enterprise, has successfully completed construction of a unique-trajectory well at the Vostochno-Messoyakhskoye field. Well no. 380 is set at a vertical depth of 800 metres, has a horizontal deviation of 1.9 kilometres, a total drilled (measured) depth of 2.7 kilometres, and involved total penetration (drilling operations, including two pilot wells) of 4.4 kilometres. This unique well was constructed in a total 25 days, and has an actual production …
New Achievements in Multilateral Drilling and Completions in Western Siberia, Part 1
CJSC “Investgeoservice” Damir Tuktarov, General Director; CJSC “Investgeoservice” Artur Gulov, Project Manager; JSC “NOVATEK” Evgeny Glebov, Deputy Director, Technology Department of Boreholes Technologies and Supervising; JSC “NOVATEK” Ivan Shokarev, Deputy Head, Technology Department of Downhole Borehole Technologies and Supervising; LLC “NOVATEK-Yurkharovneftegas” Alexander Kurasov, Deputy General Director – Drilling, Head of …
Technology Roundtable: Extended Reach Drilling and Sidetracking
1. With sanctions impacting on the region´s horizontal drilling in unconventional field, what is the current level of demand for horizontal and ERD wells? What projects are you currently working on? Halliburton: Currently, the demand for horizontal directional drilling has not reduced; instead, it has increased significantly. Horizontal drilling, overall, …
Tenaris: Sakhalin Island’s ERD Wells Adopt Blue Connections
The high reliability of TenarisHydril Blue® connections proves instrumental in the installation of challenging horizontal casing strings in the Russian Far East. Reaching under the Sea of Okhotsk Located around 7 km off the coast of Russia’s Sakhalin Island under the freezing waters of the Sea of Okhotsk, the field …
Drilling Technologies for Brownfield Development: ROGTEC Talks ERD with the Industry Heavyweights
Vitaly Chubrikov: Baker Hughes INTEQ, Business Development Manager, Russia Kieran Fitzpatrick: Operations Manager, Halliburton Sperry Drilling, Russia David J. Brunnert: Vice President: Intervention Services, Weatherford International Ltd. With the age of peak oil perpetually drawing nearer, around 40% of the world’s oil today is produced from brownfields. Currently and in …