
Rosneft Publishes Operating Results for Q3 and 9M 2018
Upstream Hydrocarbon production amounted to 72.4 mmtoe (5.83 mmboed) in Q3 2018 and 211.8 mmtoe (5.75 mmboed) in 9M 2018, exceeding the level of Q2 2018 and 9M 2017 by 3.3% and 0.5% respectively. EFFICIENT PRODUCTION RECOVERY RESULTING FROM OPEC+ LIMITATIONS EASING Q3 2018 AVERAGE DAILY HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION REACHED 5.83 MMBOE, DEMONSTRATING …

Azerbaijan’s SOCAR in Talks to Develop Oil Field in Russia
Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR is in talks with Russia’s Rosneft, Gazprom and Novatek over the development of an oil field in Russia, SOCAR Vice President Elshad Nasirov told reporters Nov. 1 in Minsk, Reuters reported. Nasirov also said that SOCAR had proposed extending its gas contract with Gazprom to …

SamaraNIPIneft: Developing SAGD Technology for Heavy Oil
Specialists of SamaraNIPIneft LLC (part of the Rosneft Corporate Research and Development Complex) have developed a technology for the development of deposits of high-viscosity oil, which consists of additional drilling of an injection well with thermal effects on the formation. This solution allows to achieve a 30% increase in the …

Russian Oil Production: October Hit 11.4 million barrels per day
Oil production in the Russian Federation in October reached 1.554 million tons per day, or 11.4 million barrels per day. This was reported in industry statistics. This is about 453 thousand barrels per day more than Russia’s obligations under the transaction to limit OPEC and non-OPEC countries. In addition, this …

Rosneft: Sets New Daily Drilling Record
Rosneft set a new record for the daily drill drilling industry, drilling 56,708 meters. The previous record also held by Rosneft – a little less than a year ago the drilled 53,094 meters. The growth in the drilling performance became possible due to the improvement in drilling planning and management system and the …

Rosneft, Vnesheconombank and VEB Leasing Sign a Strategic Cooperation Agreement for Leasing Deals
During the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Rosneft, Vnesheconombank and VEB Leasing signed a Strategic Cooperation Agreement on project financing and provision of property leasing, leaseback and rent services for carrying out Rosneft and its subsidiaries operations. The Agreement provides for long-term leasing of production equipment to Rosneft Group: drilling …

Rosneft and Bashvzryvtechnologii Agreed on Cooperation in the Area of Oilfield Services
As part of XXII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Rosneft and Bashvzryvtechnologii signed an agreement on cooperation in the area of oilfield services. The document defines the main principles of mutually beneficial long-term cooperation through the implementation of joint oilfield service activities and the provision of services in such areas …

Rosneft and MMEZ-KT Agreed on Manufacturing and Implementing Composite Materials in Oil and Gas Production
As part of the XXII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Rosneft and Moscow machine building experimental plant composite technologies (MMEZ-KT) concluded an agreement on cooperation to implement and use composite materials in the operational cycle of oil and gas production. The agreement with MMEZ-KT provides for the production and testing …

Kazakhstan says Rosneft Quits and Shell Joins Kazakh Oil Project
Russia’s Rosneft has quit Eurasia, an early-stage oil exploration project in Kazakhstan, while Shell has joined it, an executive of the Kazakh company involved in the project said on Monday. The Eurasia project focuses on exploring a geological area known as the Caspian Depression in western Kazakhstan by drilling ultra-deep …

Oil Production at the Vostochno-Messoyakhskoye Field Reaches Five Million Tonnes
Messoyakhaneftegaz, the Rosneft—Gazpromneft joint venture, has produced its five millionth tonne of oil at the Vostochno-Messoyakhskoye field — an achievement that has required just over 18 months’ commercial production at Russia’s northernmost oil and gas condensate field. Production at Messoyakha is currently running at more than 11,400 tonnes of oil per day. Development of the hard-to-recover reserves here has involved the …