
Saltel Industries: Completes Over 60 Wells with Xpandable ECP Packer in Western Siberia
Saltel Industries, records 100% success with its External Casing Packer (ECP), in off-bottom cementing application in Western Siberia. The client, one of the biggest operators in Russia, holds numerous oil fields in West Siberia region, around the city of Novi Urengoy. These fields represent a significant share of its overall …

Technology Roundtable: Unconventional Oil
Russia is starting to develop its unconventional reserves with pilot projects and longer term plans in place. How do you see the current state of the unconventional sector in Russia and how quickly do you think full scale unconventional development in the region will take place? Weatherford: It is difficult …
Schlumberger Launches Degradable Alloy Technology to Optimize Well Productivity
ELEMENTAL degradable alloy balls predictably disintegrate within hours or days, ensuring production reaches its full potential without the need for mechanical intervention. Schlumberger announced today the introduction of the ELEMENTAL* degradable alloy balls for multistage stimulation treatments. The technology demonstrates predictable and complete degradation of the alloy balls ensuring maximum …
Gazprom Neft and Schlumberger Expand Technical Cooperation for Development of Shale Oil Reserves
Gazprom Neft and Schlumberger have signed a supplement to their Framework Agreement on Technology Cooperation*, which was made in 2011. The companies expand cooperation to achieve greater efficiency in development of hard-to-extract shale oil reserves, mainly from Bazhenov deposits in Western Siberia. In the near future, the companies will cooperate …

Closure Interview with Paul Higginson, Region Manager Europe, Russia & CIS, Packers Plus
Please describe your position and your product offerings for the Russian and Caspian market. My position is Region Manager of Packers Plus Energy Services (PPES) for the Europe/Russia and CIS area. PPES offers innovative completion solutions for Open Hole Multi-Stage Fracturing (OHMSF) which is a key and growing part of …
The ROGTEC Interview Thomas Reed, CEO of Ruspetro
Thomas Reed, CEO of Ruspetro and a founding shareholder. Prior to joining the Group Mr Reed was a private equity and M&A advisor and investor based in Moscow. Since 1995 he has been involved in the origination, trading, and research of different classes of assets, such as equity and equity …
Ruspetro: Signs Tight Oil Technology Partnership with Schlumberger
Ruspetro plc today announces that the Company has signed a technical partnership agreement with Schlumberger, the world’s leading oilfield services company, to advance its field development plan and drill a number of horizontal, multistage fractured wells using best-in-class tight oil technology and technical expertise. The technical partnership covers the following …
Tatneft: First Use Of Mutlistage Hydraulic Fracturing at the Yaurkinskoye Field
An interval multi-frac job in the horizontal wellbore was carried out in well 315 of Yaurkinskoye oil field at the end of May this year. The first pilot accomplishment was preceded by extensive preparatory work with participation of TATNEFT’s professionals, scientists of TatNIPIneft, specialists of OOO “Tatburneft”, Tatarstan’s Oil Service …
Gazprom Neft: First Ever Hydraulic Fracturing on Yamal Peninsula Conducted At The Novoport Field
Hydraulic fracturing was successfully conducted for the first time ever on the Yamal Peninsula at Novoport field. The operation was performed in a Jurassic sedimentation area characterized by a high complexity of its geologic structure. Novoport field A total of five hydraulic fracturing operations were performed at four wells, including …
Halliburton to Provide Solutions for Accessing TNK-BP’s Tight Oil Reserves in Russia’s Krasnoleninskoe Field
Halliburton will apply its technology and expertise in unconventional resources to develop TNK-BP’s assets previously considered uneconomical TNK-BP has selected Halliburton to provide an integrated services solution to increase production from the complex and challenging tight oil reserves in the Em-Yoga license area of Russia’s Krasnoleninskoe oil and gas field …