British Shell, American APA and Argentine YPF Have Confirmed Their Interest in Searching For Oil Off The Coast of Uruguay
Uruguay’s state energy company ANCAP has signed contracts for four offshore blocks with three oil and gas players under the framework of the Open Uruguay Round, in effect since 2019. As a result, the British Shell, the American corporation APA and the Argentine national oil company (NOC) YPF will be …
LUKOIL Has Created the Largest-Scale Model of a Field in the Russian Federation
The digital twin of the Vatyeganskoye field in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug covered the entire chain – from the reservoir to the central oil collection and treatment point. LUKOIL-Western Siberia has introduced an innovative model for managing hydrocarbon production based on integrated operations. The “smart field” project was implemented at …
Khudainatov’s Company is Expanding Its Assets in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
IPC acquired subsidiaries of the British Ruspetro, and Nyaganneft acquired a number of wells in Yugra. The buyer of the former assets of the Ruspetro oil company in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra was the Independent Oil and Gas Company, owned by former Rosneft President Eduard KHUDAINATOV. IPC acquired the bankrupt companies Inga …
Kazakhstan Intends to Reduce Oil Production From January 2024
According to the statement of the Republic’s Ministry of Energy, the country’s obligations under OPEC+ in the first quarter of 2024 will amount to 1.468 million barrels per day. Kazakhstan intends to reduce oil production starting in January 2024 as a contribution to preventing uncertainty in the oil market. This …
Venezuela Will Begin Issuing Gas and Oil Licenses in Disputed Essequibo
Venezuela will begin issuing licenses for the exploration and production of gas and oil in the territory of Essequibo, which is disputed by this Latin American country and Guyana, follows from the words of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. “PDVSA (the largest oil and gas state company in Venezuela) will create …
BP Began Drilling the First Production Well from a New Platform at ACG
BP-Azerbaijan announced the start of drilling the first production well from the new Central East Azeri (CEA) platform in the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) block in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea. “Drilling of the first production well from the CEA platform began on December 4,” the company said in a …
The Cabinet of Ministers Expanded the List of Hard-to-Recover Reserves
Oil deposits of the Kuma-Kerestin formation in the North Caucasus and Paleozoic deposits of Western Siberia were brought there The Russian government has included oil deposits of the Kuma-Kerestin formation in the North Caucasus and Paleozoic deposits of Western Siberia in the list of hard-to-recover reserves, the ministry reported. The …
KazMunayGas Commissioned the Eastern Urikhtau Field
In the Mugalzharsky district of the Aktobe region, the commissioning of the Eastern Urikhtau field took place on December 4, Kazinform reports. As the official Telegram channel of the Samruk-Kazyna Foundation reported, the launch of the field will allow obtaining additional volumes of commercial and liquefied gas for the Aktobe …
Oilmen Introduced an Innovative Management Model at a “Smart” Field in Ugra
Thanks to digitalization, the enterprise has increased the efficiency of decisions made. At the Vatyegan group of fields in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, the LUKOIL-Western Siberia company introduced an innovative model for managing hydrocarbon production based on integrated operations. This became possible thanks to the implementation of the “Intellectual Field” …
US Oil Production Set a World Record in September
The level of oil production in the United States in September increased by a maximum of 1.7% in six months in monthly terms and reached a record 13.24 million barrels per day (b/d), the Energy Information Administration (EIA) of the country’s Department of Energy reported. The Financial Times calls the …