Rosneft Improves the Quality of Field Development Design
Scientists from the Ufa Research Institute of Rosneft have patented an innovative method for evaluating the technological efficiency of oil and gas field development. The solution makes it possible to determine the most suitable well completion technologies, including hydraulic fracturing technologies, taking into account the geological characteristics of different areas …
RN-Uvatneftegaz Replenished Hydrocarbon Production by 109% in 2025
RN-Uvatneftegaz (part of the oil production complex of Rosneft Oil Company) increased its hydrocarbon reserves by 12 million tons of oil equivalent in 2025, replenishing production by 109%. The reserve growth was ensured by successful geological exploration activities and re-evaluation of resources at producing fields. Reserves of the new Yuzhno-Keumskoye …
Rosneft Opened an Onshore Drilling Competence Center at Tyumen Industrial University
Rosneft has opened an Onshore Drilling Competence Center at Tyumen Industrial University. The new unique training platform provides opportunities for comprehensive training of specialists in drilling and well workover. The Center includes five specialized classrooms equipped with modern Russian simulator systems. The equipment simulates real drilling conditions and fully reproduces …
Kondaneft’s Effect from Innovation Implementation Exceeded 1.1 Billion Rubles
Kondaneft (part of Rosneft’s oil production complex) achieved an economic effect of more than 1.1 billion rublesfollowing the implementation of production efficiency improvement projects in 2025. Among the implemented initiatives were 15 innovations developed by the company’s specialists. The greatest economic effect was achieved in the areas of well logging …
Rosneft Improves Accuracy of Oil-Bearing Reservoir Forecasts
Specialists of the Tyumen Research Institute of Rosneft have created a unique seismic facies model of the Russkoye field, which will enable more accurate identification of oil-bearing zones during drilling. The large-scale work on building the model included studies of sedimentation conditions, analysis of wave field characteristics based on seismic …
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 …
