A New Oil Formation is Gaining Popularity in Alberta, Canada
The Waseca Formation, which has heavy oil rather than oil sands, has seen the biggest increase in drilling applications in Canada this year. This year, oil companies have applied for 81 licenses to drill in the so-called Waseca formation in eastern Alberta (Canada). This is 30 more applications than in …
Copper Catalysts Will Facilitate In-Situ Combustion
The technology of Kazan scientists can be used to develop difficult oil. Kazan Federal University has developed a new catalyst for heavy oil production based on organic copper salts. Specialists from the world-class Scientific Center (NCMU KFU) have proven that this substance increases oil recovery and stabilizes the combustion front …
KFU has Developed Software for Predicting Catalyst Absorption During Oil Displacement
Modeling dynamic adsorption under multiphase flow conditions is important for predicting the efficiency of in-situ upgrading of heavy oil. Kazan Federal University has developed a software package for modeling the dynamic adsorption of water-soluble catalysts during oil displacement in digital cores. The Devon News Agency learned about this from the …
Reagent From KFU “Lightened” Heavy Oil Directly in the Reservoir
The third injection of aquathermolysis catalyst was carried out for RITEK in the Samara Region. Scientists from the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies (IGiNT) of Kazan Federal University conducted the third injection of the UniKat oil aquathermolysis catalyst at a field in the Samara Region. The news agency “Devon” …
How to “Ennoble” Heavy Oil in the Reservoir
…And extract rare earth metals from it. New catalysts for the underground upgrading of extra-viscous oil have made it possible to increase production at the Tatneft well. With the help of Kazan Federal University technology, great success was also achieved at the Cuban Boca de Jaruco field. Its development is …
Fields with Heavy Oil were Transferred to the Third Group of AIT
New amendments to the Tax Code regarding the taxation of oil companies will come into force in 2024. This is stated in the Federal Law No. 389 published today. Areas with extra-viscous (EVO) and high-viscosity oil are transferred to the payment of income tax on the third group of AIT, …
Statoil: Looking for Heavy Oil Drilling Clearance
Statoil ASA plans to drill four wells in Russia with state oil company OAO Rosneft, targeting heavy oil fields, showing Norway’s biggest energy producer is deepening its involvement in the country against the backdrop of international sanctions. Statoil plans to drill two wells at a heavy oil pilot project in …
TATNEFT Attend’s Russian Academy of Natural Sciences Meeting
The jubilee summary meeting of the Volga-Kama Regional Branch of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences was held on the premises of “Aznakaevneft” Oil and Gas Production Board of JSC TATNEFT in Aznakaevo (Republic of Tatarstan). The meeting was attended by eminent scientists, doctors of science and professors from Moscow, …
Tatneft: 200,000 Tons of Extra-Viscous Oil Have Been Produced at Ashalchinskoye Field
200,000 tons of extra-viscous oil (EVO) have been produced at Ashalchinskoye field of JSC TATNEFT since the beginning of its development. The planned production of EVO for 2013 amounts to 117,5 thousand tons. The target of the Company’s commercial extra-viscous oil development is Sheshminsky horizon of the Cheremshano-Bastrykskaya zone Ufimian …
Tatneft 2010 Update
A conference of OAO TATNEFT’s employees was held in Almetyevsk (Republic of Tatarstan) on January 24, 2011, which summed up the Company’s activity results and fulfillment of the Collective Agreement terms for 2010. The conference also approved the work plans for the current year. This annual Company’s event was attended …