
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 …

CNOOC Built a Well at the Enping 21-4 Field with a Record Deviation from the Vertical for China
At the Enping 21-4 field in the Pearl River estuary basin, CNOOC commissioned a well with a record-breaking reach-out for China. CNOOC reported this on April 13, 2024. Record well According to CNOOC: well A1H in the Enping 21-4 oil field is China’s first independently designed and constructed extended reach …

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 …

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 …

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, …
Sakhalin-1 Sets Another Extended Reach Drilling Record at Chayvo
Rosneft as part of Sakhalin-1 Consortium has successfully completed drilling of the world’s longest well at the Chayvo field. O-14 production well was drilled with Orlan drilling platform in direction of the field’s south-eastern point. The well has the world-record measured depth of 13,500 meters and a horizontal reach of …
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 …
Eurasia Drilling Company: Results Pleasing in – Challenging Market Environment, High Geopolitical Tensions,Declining Oil Prices and Weakening Ruble
Eurasia Drilling Company Limited, the leading onshore & offshore drilling service provider in the CIS, today announced its operational and financial update for the nine months ending September 30, 2014. The financial data is based on management assessment only and has not been reviewed by external auditors. NINE MONTHS 2014 …
The ROGTEC Interview: Denis Ivanov Nabors Drilling International Limited
When ROGTEC last spoke to you in Issue 29 (May 2012) you mentioned Nabors was looking to increase its drilling fleet. What progress has been made on the expansions? Do you have further expansion plans for Russia? Yes, we started to work with a new client “Slavneft-Krasnoyarskneftegaz” in the Krasnoyarsk …
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 …