oil production

Oil-producing companies of Yugra have lost over 600 million rubles since the beginning of the year, reports the Tyumenstat portal. “Net financial result of organizations: crude oil and natural gas production. [Loss] 619,558.5 million rubles. [Profit] 135.530 million,” Tyumenstat states. Earlier, URA.RU reported that an oil company went into the …

Oil production in the United States is likely to decline next year, but the scale of the downturn will be significantly reduced thanks to the Gulf of Mexico. According to Wood Mackenzie, offshore producers in the Gulf are expected to add 300,000 barrels per day in 2025, and an additional …

A new record for well drilling speed has been set at the northern asset site of Belorusneft’s oil company Yangpur, according to a report from BELTA citing Belorusneft. In May and June, teams from Yangpur, the Well Construction Management Center of NGDU Rechitsaneft, Belorusneft-Siberia, and the BN-Nefteservice branch completed the …

Against the backdrop of declining production at the Azeri–Chirag–Gunashli field, Azerbaijan has signed exploration agreements with four international companies — ExxonMobil, TPAO, MOL, and Gran Tierra. The focus is on finding new onshore and offshore resources. These agreements emerged from the country’s first open tender, in which 11 companies participated. …

Surgutneftegaz reduced its oil production by 4.8% in 2024 to 53.7 million tonnes, and oil refining decreased by 1.1% to 17.5 million tonnes, according to the company’s materials. “In 2024, the company’s oil production amounted to 53.7 million tonnes, and gas production was 6.2 billion cubic meters,” the draft annual …

Rosneft continues its digital transformation of the oil and gas industry, taking work with geological data to a qualitatively new level. Specialists at the company’s Tyumen research institute have developed and implemented a service based on large language models (LLM) to automate the analysis of lithological core descriptions. The digital …

Massive wildfires have engulfed Alberta, a key energy-producing province in Canada, forcing oil companies to halt production. As of June 2, the total volume of shut-in production is estimated at nearly 350,000 barrels of heavy oil per day, which represents approximately 7% of the country’s total production. The immediate threat …

The global investment needs in the oil production sector until 2050 are estimated at $17.4 trillion, stated Haitham Al Ghais, Secretary General of OPEC. “Hydrocarbons still account for 80% of today’s energy mix, just as they did in the 1980s. (…) Today, the world continues to consume more and more …

During his visit to Alaska, U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum promised to reverse a decision by the previous administration and “free up” 13 million acres of land—out of a total of 23 million acres—for oil and gas production. Joe Biden had previously designated these lands as “special zones.” Companies such …

In January–March 2025, Rosneft began pilot hydrocarbon production at the Payakhskoye and Ichemmenskoye fields of the Vostok Oil project, the company announced. “Rosneft continues pilot industrial development at the Payakhskoye, Ichemmenskoye, and Baikalovskoye fields: in Q1 2025, development drilling exceeded 30,000 meters, and four development wells were completed. Pilot production …