Eurasia Journal News

Gazprom Neft, Together with Partners, will Create the First Russian Complex of Equipment for Hydraulic Fracturing

Gazprom Neft, together with partners, will develop the first Russian equipment for hydraulic fracturing (hydraulic fracturing) * – the main technology for increasing the production of hard-to-recover oil reserves. Vadim Yakovlev, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Neft Management Committee, Yuri Solomonov, General Designer of Moscow Institute of Heat Engineering Corporation, and …

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Eurasia Journal News

Orenburgneft Will Save More than 1 million Rubles when Repairing One Well

The specialists of Orenburgneft JSC (the producing asset of Rosneft) have developed a technology for cleaning the well after hydraulic fracturing (hydraulic fracturing). This technology reduces the well completion period by 13 hours and saves more than 1.3 million rubles. The potential average annual economic effect after the introduction of the technology …

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Russia Upstream Magazine

Drilled Uncompleted Wells in the Context of Energy Strategy

The agreement on limiting oil production (OPEC+), reached in April this year, clearly indicated the need to improve the systems for managing the volumes of hydrocarbon production and supply. To address this task a decision has been initiated, at the highest State levels, for composing an inventory of drilled uncompleted …

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Russia Oil Gas Magazine

Schlumberger to Contribute North American Pressure Pumping Business to Liberty

Liberty Oilfield Services Inc. and Schlumberger announced today an agreement for the contribution of Schlumberger’s onshore hydraulic fracturing business in the United States and Canada (OneStim®), including its pressure pumping, pumpdown perforating, and Permian frac sand businesses to Liberty, in exchange for a 37% equity interest in the combined company. …

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Russia Upstream Magazine

Is There a Fault in Fracture Modeling?

Currently, hydraulic fracturing is a highly demanded technological operation for the intensification of hydrocarbon production from different types of reservoirs and increasing the injectivity of injection wells. The purpose of hydraulic fracturing is to create a network of fractures in the rock. Planning, support, and optimizing hydraulic fracturing operations is …

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Eurasia Journal News

Rosneft Conducted 10 Thousand Hydraulic Fractures with the Help of the Domestic Software RN-GRID

Specialists of the RN-hydraulic fracturing service company at the Prirazlomnoye field (part of RN-Yuganskneftegaz, a Rosneft subsidiary) conducted a 10,000-well hydraulic fracturing operation with a full design cycle in the first Russian hydraulic fracturing simulator RN-GRID. The introduction of our own simulator for the design of hydraulic fracturing operations ensured …

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Conference and Exhibition News and Updates

The First SPE Symposium on Fracturing in Russia — Submit Your Abstract Now

The largest SPE Workshop on Hydraulic Fracturing has been held in Russia since 2010 and gathered all in all 700 attendees since the first workshop. As the industry professionals’ interest in this topic increases, SPE brought the conference to a new level – for the first time we are holding …

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Conference and Exhibition News and Updates

Help SPE Maintain a High Level of Technical Content

SPE invites you to take part in the 2020 SPE Russian Petroleum Technology Conference, a high profile regional SPE oil and gas conference, which is highly respected for its high-quality technical content. Help SPE stay at the technological cutting edge and share your ideas and your achievements at the 2020 …

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Eurasia Journal News

Rosneft for the First Time in the World Conducted Hydraulic Fracturing in Sandstones Using a Synthetic Polymer-Based Fluid

Specialists of JSC NK Kondaneft, a subsidiary of Rosneft, for the first time in the world performed hydraulic fracturing in sandstones using a fluid based on a synthetic polymer. An innovative solution allows to increase the effective length of rock cracks up to 30% compared to standard methods, which is especially …

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Russia Upstream Magazine

RN-Nyaganneftegaz: Well Intervention Candidate Selection at the Krasnoleninskoe Field

One of the major tasks of the oil and gas field development is to maximize the oil recovery factor (ORF) at minimal cost. The solutions adopted in the field development design need to be optimized, taking into account the actual reservoir performance. Well intervention is a prime tool to improve …

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