Geological Exploration

ExxonMobil and Azerbaijan’s state energy company SOCAR have signed an agreement for the exploration and production of oil and gas onshore in Azerbaijan. Meanwhile, BP is acquiring new offshore fields in the country. According to Reuters, oil production in Azerbaijan primarily relies on mature offshore oil fields in the Caspian …

Tatneft has received a subsurface license for the Tukaevsky-1 site in Tatarstan for the construction and operation of underground facilities where the company plans to store carbon dioxide (CO2). The site covers the territories of the Nizhnekamsky, Tukaevsky, and Zainsky districts, according to Interfax. According to the State Register of …

Rosneft celebrates the 60th anniversary of the discovery of the Samotlor oil field, one of the largest in the world. Its history began on May 29, 1965, when the exploratory well R-1 produced its first oil at a flow rate of 300 cubic meters per day. Just four years later, …

Salym Petroleum Development (SPD) Oil Company from the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, a subsidiary of Gazprom Neft, has begun a reorganization process. It will merge with the firm Salym-2 from Khanty-Mansiysk. “The company notifies about the reorganization in the form of a merger with Salym-2 LLC. Creditors’ claims may be submitted …

The Rosneft Research Institute in Ufa hosted a large-scale scientific and technical conference titled “Innovative Technologies in Hydrocarbon Production” as part of the Russian Oil and Gas Chemical Forum. The conference brought together over 700 experts from leading oil industry companies representing 40 cities across Russia. More than 200 presentations …

The combined investment from both the Russian state and subsoil users in geological exploration in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation amounted to nearly 175 billion rubles in 2024, according to Alexander Kozlov, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation. He made the statement during a …

The Russian Federation and the Kingdom of Bahrain have discussed the terms of Russian energy supplies to Bahrain, as well as the possibilities for joint cooperation in geological exploration and the production of oil and gason Bahrain’s continental shelf with the participation of Russian companies, according to an official statement …

The subsidiaries of Joint Stock Company NNK (Independent Oil and Gas Company) operating in the Saratov Regionhave been conducting highly efficient geological exploration activities at the company’s licensed areas for more than ten years. The discovery of the oil field became possible thanks to the well-coordinated efforts of the enterprise’s …

It is necessary to fine-tune the tax system in the Russian Federation in order to stimulate the development of hard-to-recover oil reserves, as this will make investments in both reserves and technologies economically viable, according to Alexander Novak, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation. “As of today, hard-to-recover, high-water-cut, …

Specialists from the geophysical company TNG-Group have gained new insights into the geological structure of the southern part of the Keremetyevskoye oil field. This has made it possible to identify drilling locations. The geological team was assisted by data obtained from seismic exploration conducted in the Chelno-Vershinsky District of the …