Igor Kotman

1. With the sanctions currently restricting Russia’s development of hard to recover reserves, has there been any accidental impact on fracking operations for conventional reservoirs? Weatherford: For conventional reservoirs, frac scopes have been reduced for all the contractors due to the plummeting oil prices. However, horizontal drilling and multi-stage fracturing …

After the recent economic downturn the industry is rebounding and activity is up. How has the Russian market place improved over the last 12 months, what is your outlook for the rest of this year and 2012? In 2010, although the physical volume of the market grew by more than 15%, …