Geological Exploration

In response to the growing global demand for rare earth elements, the State Corporation Turkmengeologiya is planning to increase the volume of geological exploration work in this area, according to a statement made on Thursday by the Head of the Corporation, Gurbanguly Garlyev. “In light of the increased global interest …

Chevron Corporation is considering the possibility of drilling an exploration well in the Walvis Basin, located off the coast of the Republic of Namibia, in the year 2026 or 2027, according to a report by Reuters, citing the American oil company. Chevron’s wholly owned subsidiary, Chevron Namibia Exploration Limited, is …

Companies must pay for subsoil use based on the actual value of the mineral deposits, as this will provide an incentive for them to develop the licensed sites. This statement was made by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Patrushev, during a meeting of the Board of …

The growth of recoverable reserves of Public Joint Stock Company Surgutneftegas fully offset its hydrocarbon production in the year 2024, and the company has the same target for 2025, according to Vyacheslav Chirkov, Chief Geologist of the company, who spoke at a meeting of the Board of the Federal Agency …

The Federal Agency for Subsoil Use of the Russian Federation (Rosnedra) plans to begin preparing geological exploration programs in the Arctic and in regions that have been reintegrated into the Russian Federation in the year 2025, according to a statement made by the head of the agency, Oleg Kazanov. “This …

Today, a one-percentage-point increase in the oil recovery factor could expand the recoverable reserves of Public Joint Stock Company Tatneft by an amount equivalent to the discovery of a major new oil field. Following the lifting of production restrictions under the OPEC+ agreement, Tatneft is positioned to significantly increase oil …

The Federal Agency for Subsoil Use of the Russian Federation (Rosnedra) and the Russian State Geological Holding (Rosgeologia) have reported significant results from the state geological exploration program conducted in the central part of the Yenisei-Khatanga Trough, located in the northern area of Krasnoyarsk Krai. During the drilling of the …

Lukoil’s proven hydrocarbon reserves decreased by 3% in 2024, totaling 14.689 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe), according to materials prepared for the company’s upcoming annual shareholders’ meeting. The company noted that 75% of its proven reserves are liquid hydrocarbons, while 25% are natural gas. Russia accounts for 91% of …

Russian scientists have proposed to improve the accuracy of 3D models of carbonate reservoirs using the tracer method. Perm Polytechnic University scientists have developed an approach that increases the reliability of modeling complex oil deposits. It makes it possible to qualitatively assess the actual filtration flows through which the liquid …

According to the Federal Agency for Subsoil Use, in Russia over the past nine years, the volume of hard-to-recover oil reserves (TRIZ) has increased by 3.8 billion tons, an annual increase of three percent on average. In Western Siberia, 37 percent of the resources belong to this category. In the …