
Belorusneft Plans to Perform Almost 450 Hydraulic Fracturing Per Year
Belorusneft plans to carry out 447 hydraulic fracturing in 2023, BelTA learned from the company. “The units are also suitable for an autonomous set of works for flushing wells, hydrosandblasting of the bottomhole zone, as well as pressure testing of tubing,” the company said. Such equipment can work in temperature …
Artificial Intelligence Will Select Wells for Geological and Technical Operations and Calculate Hydraulic Fracturing
The TN-Neurocram neural network is being created at Tatneft. The program is based on artificial intelligence (AI) tools. This is a completely own development of the company, which began to be created last year. Napoleon IT is a consultant for Tatneft in the implementation of AI projects. Oil News writes …

TNNC: How Well Spacing Patterns Affect Production After Fracturing
D.R. Gilmiev, Ph.D., A.P. Kovalenko, Ph.D. (TNNC LLC) Introduction When designing and planning zonal stimulation activity program for oil reservoirs with hydraulic fracturing, one of the problems is the proper selection of wells for fracking. This issue was covered in several studies [1-3]. Among these, study one [1], based on …
Tatneft: 10M Figures – Production Up Marginally, 53 Wells Fracked in October
Crude Oil Production In October the amount of 2,233,339 tons of crude oil or 100.6% versus October 2013 was produced at JSC TATNEFT, while the production since the beginning of the year amounted to 21, 436,124 tons, which was 98,210 tons more than in 2013 (100.4%). The amount of 21,436,910 …
Carbo Ceramics: CARBORosLite Used In Frac Jobs In Western Siberia
A major Russian Operator in Western Siberia pumped CARBO Ceramics’ new, Russian made light weight proppant CARBORosLite on a number of frac operations. The product is specially designed to target pressure sensitive formations like the “Ryabchek”, AB1 (1-2). Due to the unique low density of CARBORosLite, the gel and breaker …
Shelton Petroleum: Numbers Dip Due to Frac Program
Shelton Petroleum’s total oil production in August 2013 amounted to 16,190 barrels, equivalent to 522 barrels per day. The previously announced fracking program of well RS#1 and the new well #11 on the Rustamovskoye oil field in Russia was commenced in August. During fracking, the wells are taken out of …
TNK-BP to Launch CarboNRT Frac Program at Samotlor
ТNК-ВР continues transferring best international technologies to enhance development of its hydrocarbon fields in Russia. OJSC Samotlorneftegaz (SNG), a subsidiary of TNK-BP, has launched a pilot project to test innovative reservoir stimulation technology, which combines hydraulic fracturing with cutting-edge CarboNRT traceable proppant. Altogether, the 2012 program includes 20 fracturing jobs …
TNK-BP to Invest 2.5 bn Rubles to Develop the Yuzhno-Petyogskoe Field in Tyumen in 2012
TNK-BP annouced that LLC “TNK-Uvat” is commencing development of Yuzhno-Petyogskoe field in the southern Tyumen Region and plans to commission the field before the end of 2013. The company will allocate ca. 2.5 bln rubles for exploration and production infrastructure construction this year. Yuzhno-Petyogskoe is located in the territory of …
Weatherford Continues Developing Cooperation With LUKOIL
In February 2012 Weatherford was awarded a tender of LUKOIL-Western Siberia for the delivery and service of multi-stage fracturing systems in 2012. The systems will be installed in wells located in the Kogalym, Langepas and Pokachev-Neftegaz fields. Last year, 68 well completions were successfully deployed by Weatherford specialists in LUKOIL’s …
New Baker Hughes Multistage Stimulation Technologies Enhance Unconventional Hydrocarbon Recovery
Baker Hughes offers three multistage stimulation technologies that provide operators with time- and cost-efficient completion solutions to significantly increase production, improve recovery and preserve water during the pressure pumping process. “It takes tailored fracturing and stimulation solutions to produce efficiently in the diverse shale formations that stretch across our globe …