Schlumberger: Introduces AvantGuard Advanced Flowback Services
Schlumberger introduced today at the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference AvantGuard* advanced flowback services. These services protect the connection of the hydraulic fracture to the wellbore to optimize productivity in conventional and unconventional wells. AvantGuard services comprise flowback design and proactive fracture protection that complement fracturing operations. Damage …
Gazprom Neft: Fracturing Jobs
Twenty years ago the company performed its first hydraulic fracturing on the testing ground Noyabrskneftegaz’s Karamovskoye field. Since then, the hydraulic fracturing technique has become ever-more sophisticated: today it allows Gazprom Neft to not only stimulate production in Gazprom Neft fields, but also focus on development of challenging reserves. First …
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 …
Technology Roundtable: Fracturing
1. With the sanctions currently restricting Russia’s development of hard to recover reserves, has there been any accidental impact on fracking operations for conventional reservoirs? Weatherford: For conventional reservoirs, frac scopes have been reduced for all the contractors due to the plummeting oil prices. However, horizontal drilling and multi-stage fracturing …
The ROGTEC Interview: Martin Rylance, BP Engineering Manager, Fracturing & Stimulation, and Global Senior Advisor
Your title would suggest an active role in all play types as well as BP´s exploration activities. Please describe your role in the company and your goals. My role can be summarised as ensuring that all of BP’s pumping operations, fracturing, stimulation, chemical, intervention e.t.c. are coordinated within one team …
Ruspetro: Q3 Results – Revenues Up 17%
Ruspetro plc announces its interim management statement for Q3 2014 and the period up to and including 29 October 2014. HIGHLIGHTS Financial · Revenues up 17% in Q3 from Q2 2014 at US$16.5 million · Additional Glencore domestic prepayment facility entered into on 29 October 2014 for a sum of …
C.A.T. oil AG: Retains 2014 Outlook and 390m Euro Investment – Sanctions Not to Have an Effect
C.A.T. oil AG,one of the leading providers of oil and gas field services in Russia and Kazakhstan, reiterates its outlook for the current fiscal year following the initial assessment of the effects of the latest EU and US export restrictions for the Russian oil industry. C.A.T. oil expects revenues in …
Schlumberger Introduces New Fracturing Technique
BroadBand Sequence significantly increases productivity in unconventional reservoir completions Schlumberger announced today the introduction of the BroadBand Sequence* fracturing technique, which enables sequential stimulation of perforation clusters in wells drilled in unconventional reservoirs. This new technique sequentially isolates fractures at the wellbore to ensure every cluster in each zone is fractured …
Calfrac Well Services: To Spend $33m to Support Russian and Other International Operations
Calfrac Well Services Ltd is pleased to announce a 2014 capital budget of approximately $120 million. The capital program is focused on maintenance and support capital and additional investment in logistics equipment. Approximately $33 million of capital is allocated to support Calfrac’s growing international operations, including further investment in coiled …
C.A.T Oil AG: Revenues Up 30% in One Year
C.A.T. oil AG, one of the leading providers of oil and gas field services in Russia and Kazakhstan, achieved outstanding results in the first nine months of 2013. The Company increased its revenues by more than 30% to EUR 322.9 million (Q1-3 2012: EUR 246.3 million) and its EBITDA by …