Return to Achimov: A Comparison of the Achimov and Neocomian Beds in the Noyabrskiy Region
Kirill Nikolayev Unclaimed Reserves The Achimov suite is the lowermost level of the Lower Cretaceous deposits overlying the Jurassic play. Its geological structure is complex, and that is why it took some time to start developing the Achimov. In some fields exploration activities to estimate the Achimov deposits and the …
Technology Roundtable: Fracturing
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 …
New Technologies Lift TNK-BP’s Oil Production by Roughly 2.3 Million Tonnes in 2012
TNK-BP announces that it achieved an overall increment of over 2 million tons in 2012 by deploying new oil production technologies – more than twice the figure for 2011. TNK-BP is consistently implementing a comprehensive program to enhance the efficiency of field development work in all its upstream assets. A …