Rosneft Implements Artificial Intelligence in Core Analysis
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 …
Rosneft Improves Methods for Studying Gas and Gas Condensate Wells
Rosneft’s research institute specialists in Ufa have enhanced the corporate software complex RN-VEGA by adding the capability to perform comprehensive analysis of dynamic data from gas and gas condensate wells without requiring their shutdown. The improved functionality of the digital product allows for detailed modeling and analysis of well performance …
Rosneft Begins Pilot Hydrocarbon Production at Two Fields in the Vostok Oil Project
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 …
Rosneft’s Unit Production Costs for Hydrocarbons in Q1 Amounted to $3 per Barrel
Rosneft’s unit operating costs for hydrocarbon production in the first quarter of 2025 amounted to $3 per barrel of oil equivalent, according to Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin, as reported in the company’s statement. “Cost control remains our constant priority — in Q1 2025, unit production costs for hydrocarbons amounted to …
Samaraneftegaz Increases Drilling Volumes Through New Technologies
Samaraneftegaz, part of the oil production complex of Rosneft, achieved 216 thousand meters of development drilling in 2024, which is 4% higher than the figure for 2023. The increase in drilling footage was achieved through a range of measures aimed at increasing productivity in well drilling using new technologies. The …
Rosneft Produced 61.2 Million Tonnes of Hydrocarbons in Q1 2025
Rosneft’s hydrocarbon production in the first quarter of 2025 amounted to 61.2 million tonnes of oil equivalent, which is 8.1% lower than the level in January-March 2024. This information comes from the company’s Q1 2025 results, prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Liquid hydrocarbon production in the …
Tatneft Prepares for CO2 Injection into the Reservoir
Tatneft has received a subsurface license for the Tukaevsky-1 site in Tatarstan for the construction and operation of underground facilities where the company plans to store carbon dioxide (CO2). The site covers the territories of the Nizhnekamsky, Tukaevsky, and Zainsky districts, according to Interfax. According to the State Register of …
Legendary Samotlor Field Celebrates Its 60th Anniversary
Rosneft celebrates the 60th anniversary of the discovery of the Samotlor oil field, one of the largest in the world. Its history began on May 29, 1965, when the exploratory well R-1 produced its first oil at a flow rate of 300 cubic meters per day. Just four years later, …
Rosneft Implements New Technology to Optimize Well Construction
Specialists from Orenburgneft have implemented a domestically developed innovation that allows for a reduction in the length of expensive casing strings by using a large-diameter cemented liner hanger. The actual economic effect of this innovation amounts to over 3.5 million rubles per well. The reduction in the metal intensity of …
Rosneft’s Yurubcheno-Tokhomskoye Field Reaches 20 Million Tonnes of Oil Production
The East Siberian Oil and Gas Company (VSNK), a subsidiary of Rosneft, has reached record figures in the development of the Yurubcheno-Tokhomskoye field, located in the Evenki District of Krasnoyarsk Krai. Since the start of commercial operation, 20 million tonnes of crude oil have been extracted. These high results were …