Venezuela Is Ready to Cooperate with BRICS on Oil and Gas
Venezuela is ready to cooperate with the BRICS countries on oil and gas fields, President Nicolas Maduro told reporters. “BRICS has a portfolio of trade opportunities, Venezuela is (ready) there (to be). BRICS is a huge market for national producers. Therefore, we persistently urge Venezuelan exporters (to work in this …
Libya Has Limited Production at Its Largest Oil Field Due to Instability
In Libya, oil production was partially stopped at the country‘s largest Sharara field on August 4 due to unauthorized entry. The maximum capacity of Sharara is 320 thousand barrels per day. According to S&P Global Commodity Insights, production losses now range from 28-70 thousand b/s. Sharara is a joint project …
Libya Has Limited Oil Production at the Largest Field
After limiting production at Libya‘s largest Sharara field, the indicator fell by 30 thousand barrels per day to 230 thousand barrels per day as of the evening of August 3. Libya has begun a partial shutdown of production at its largest oil field, Sharara, Bloomberg reported, citing three sources directly …
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company ADNOC Has Increased the Production Capacity of the Satah Al Razboot Offshore Field by 25%
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company ADNOC has announced that its Satah Al Razboot offshore field has increased production capacity by 25%, to 140,000 b/d of oil, through the introduction of advanced digital technologies. ADNOC‘s goal is to increase production capacity to 5 million b/d of oil by 2027. The Satah …
India Wants to Look for Offshore Oil Outside the Economic Zone
According to The Times of India newspaper, exploration of the continental shelf in other areas will allow assessing the potential for hydrocarbons and other minerals in the interests of the country‘s economic security. The Government of India plans to involve the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Oil India …
A New Way to Increase the Production of High-Viscosity Oil Has Been Found
To do this, PNRPU scientists have created a three-dimensional model of the processes in the well. Perm Polytechnic University scientists have developed a technology that will reduce costs in the development of high-viscosity oil fields. To do this, they analyzed the extraction method using electric bottom-hole heating. The Devon News …
A Well Will Be Drilled on the Colombian Shelf at a Record Depth of 4 km
Oil companies plan to drill an offshore well in Colombia at a record depth within a few months. Occidental Petroleum and Ecopetrol want to build the Komodo–1 well by the end of the year at a depth of about 3,900 meters. It will break the current record for drilling depth …
Novoye Field Has Started Operating in Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
In this case, Novoye is also a name. Currently, there are 3 wells operating at the field, and by the end of the year, their number will more than triple. The area of the field is more than 370 square kilometers, and recoverable oil reserves in category C1 exceed 350 …
The Russian Federation Is Provided with Some Types of Strategic Minerals for No More Than 25 Years
The share of hard-to-recover reserves in hydrocarbon production is growing, according to the strategy for the development of the mineral resource base until 2050. Russia’s provision with economically viable reserves of some types of strategic and significant minerals currently does not exceed 25 years. This follows from the strategy for …
Rosneft Surveyed Sakhalin-1 for Methane Emissions for the First Time in 2023
Rosneft conducted surveys at the Sakhalin-1 project facilities for the first time in 2023 as part of a comprehensive program to detect and eliminate sources of methane emissions, the company said in its sustainable development report. The surveys were conducted both at the Odoptu and Chaivo onshore oil and gas …