Conferences & Exhibitions

The annual meeting of procurement executives of oil and gas companies will be held on March, 17 in InterContinental Moscow Tverskaya Hotel

On the 10th annual conference Oil and Gas Industry Supply Chain (NEFTEGAZSNAB-2015) procurement executives of Rosneft, Gazprom Neft, Transneft, Surgutneftegaz, Tatneft, Bashneft will meet with their suppliers. The conference NEFTEGAZSNAB-2015 which is held in InterContinental Moscow Tverskaya Hotel is the biggest Russian event where procurement executives are gathered. The main …

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Oil & Gas Operators

Gazprom Neft: Increases Novoportovskoye Pipeline Capacity

Gazprom Neft has begun construction of the second section of a pressure-pipeline from the Novoportovskoye field to Cape Kammeny (located on the shore of the Gulf of Ob, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Region), for onward shipment to customers by sea. Some 530 mm in diameter and running to a length of 105 kilometres, the pipeline will, once complete, have a total capacity of more than 5.5 million tonnes of oil per …

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Oil & Gas Operators

Rosneft Increases its Stake in the National Oil Consortium to 80% of Shares

Rosneft and Lukoil signed a package of legally binding documents regarding Rosneft’s acquisition of 20% share in the National Oil Consortium LLC (NOC). Due to this deal the share of Rosneft in the charter capital of NOC will increase to 80%, with the remaining 20% owned by Gazprom Neft. Consolidation …

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Oil & Gas Operators

NOVATEK: Launch of Second Stage of the Urengoyskoe Field

NOVATEK announced today that SeverEnergia (a joint venture between NOVATEK and OAO Gazprom Neft) launched the second stage of the Urengoyskoye field (within the Samburgskiy license area) including the second train of the gas condensate de-ethanization unit. Overall capacity of the two stages of field development is approximately 13 billion …

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Oil & Gas Operators

Gazprom Neft: Investors in Iraq’s Badra Field to Start Seeing Returns

In the 90 days up to late November 2014 around 15,000 barrels per day were released from the Badra oilfield into Iraq’s main pipeline system. This is in line with the basic terms of the field’s development contract. The Badra field is operated by Gazprom Neft. Once the field is …

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ROGTEC Articles

Russian Drilling Market: A Paradigm Shift

In all likelihood, the year 2014 will go down on record as a turning point for the Russian drilling market. New trends have been seen on this market for the first time in several years, i.e. a decline in the scope of total drilling instead of growth that was recorded …

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ROGTEC Articles

SPD Implements Innovative Self Healing Pipe Dope Technology

Salym Petroleum Development (SPD), a 50/50 joint venture of Shell and Gazprom Neft companies, collaborates closely with Shell Global Solutions (SGS) on the realization of new technologies in the Salym group of oil fields. SPD is renowned in the West Siberian oil and gas industry to be a leading incubator …

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Oil & Gas Operators

Gazprom Neft: Drills 1,500m Horizontal Well at the Novoportovskoye Field

Gazprom Neft has become the first oil operator in Russia to drill a well with a horizontal borehole of 1,500 metres. The well, on the Yamal Peninsula, reaches a total 4,200 metres in length. Some 91 percent of the horizontal section, moreover, is located in the oil-saturated bed of the Novoportovskoye formation, characterised by high permeability strata which yield high flow rates without the application …

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Oil & Gas Operators

Gazprom Neft: Possible Exclusive Operating Agreement With PetroVietnam on Offshore Dolginskoye Field

Gazprom Neft has signed a number of agreements with Vietnamese companies aimed at developing cooperation between the two countries. The documents were signed in the presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Nguyen Phu Trong. Alexander Dyukov, Chairman of Gazprom Neft’s …

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Oil & Gas Operators

Gazprom Neft Orenburg: Wins Yagodny License Area, Including the Zemlyanskoye Field

Gazprom Neft Orenburg has been announced as the winner in a recent auction for geological prospecting and E&P rights to the Yagodny licence area in the Orenburg Oblast. Covering 500 square kilometres in total, the licence area includes the Zemlyanskoye field, originally discovered in 1978. Drilling of exploration and prospecting wells, as well as 2D and 3D seismic works, had previously been …

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