RN-Yuganskneftegaz: Sets a New Record for Daily Production Drilling
Rosneft’s largest oil and gas production company, RN-Yuganskneftegaz, has set a new industry record for daily meterage: 27,542 meters. This figure is 414 m / day higher than the previous record in July 2017. The new milestone was passed with fewer drilling rigs, while the efficiency of the work increased by more …
Introducing Geosteer Well On Paper™ A New Important Step in the Well Delivery Process
How the Planning Phase can Foreshadow Geosteering Failure The success of any geosteering process is determined at the planning stage. This article will present the most crucial aspects of well planning which directly impact the effectiveness and efficiency of the geosteering process while drilling. These critical matters, often overlooked or …
SPD: Horizontal Wells
Salym Petroleum Development (SPD) is a Joint venture formed by a 50/50 partnership between Shell and Gazprom Neft to extract oil from the Cherkashin Formation in Western Siberia via three oilfields. The company operates 4 drilling rigs, 1 mobile sidetrack rig, 17 worker hoists and 6 wireline units in a …
SPD has Constructed Two Horizontal Achimov Formation Wells
Salym Petroleum Development (SPD) has successfully started up two horizontal wells on the West Salym oilfield which were constructed on the Achimov formation* using the multi-stage hydraulic fracturing (frac) technology. Within the cell for pilot development of Achimov deposits SPD has also formed a water management (WM) system of one …
Varyeganneftegaz: Increasing Production with Smart Well Completions
M.S.Kuvakina (Varyeganneftegaz JSC) Introduction Recently, Russian oil and gas companies have been actively implementing horizontal wells during field development. Such wells allow increasing the reservoir contact area with well, raising the production rates and performance, as well as increasing the oil recovery factor (OR) from the field as a whole. …
Rosneft: Enhancing Oil Production in Mature Fields Through the Use of Mud Logging in Horizontal Wells
R. R. Minikeev, OOO “Petroviser” D. E. Golubkov, OAO “NK Rosneft” Introduction The main aim of the oil industry, at present, is to increase operational efficiency and increase production in mature fields. One way to achieve this is to drill lateral and horizontal wells and to combine this with the …
Tendeka: Wins Two Major Contracts In Russia
Tendeka has announced two significant contracts for the sand and inflow control technology in Russia. Tendeka is the market leader in autonomous inflow control technology and the combined awards will include the supply of over four hundred devices in 2015. Tendeka is to provide RN-Purneftegaz with sand face completion equipment and …
Gazprom Neft Reports IFRS Financial Statements for 1H 2014
Gazprom Neft has published its consolidated financial results for 1H 2014, in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards. During the period, the growth in hydrocarbon production and premium channel sales, in addition to rising prices for crude oil and associated products, have helped drive a 13.9% increase in sales to …
New Drilling Technology Helps TNK-BP to Cut Cost of 15 Horizontal Wells at Uvat by $19.2 Million
“TNK-Uvat” (a member of the TNK-BP group of companies) is to cut the cost of drilling 15 horizontal wells at the Ust-Tegusskoe field by $19.2 million by deploying a new drilling technology. The new technique, known as mini-pilot hole horizontal well drilling, eliminates the labour-intensive procedure of “truncation” and drilling …
Field Development Plan Being Specified at Block 245 South in Algeria
Rosneft-Stroytransgaz Limited (RN-STG), controlled by Rosneft and Stroytransgaz, is working jointly with Sonatrach, Algeria’s national oil company, to begin reservoir delineation at three earlier discovered deposits within Block 245 South in Algeria. The three deposits are East Takuazet, West Takuazet and North Tisselit. The aim of reservoir delineation is to …