Rosneft: Vankorneft Starts Construction of Suzun Field Pipeline
Vankorneft, a subsidiary of Rosneft, in compliance with the program of Suzun field development started construction of pressure oil pipeline to connect Suzun and Vankor oil fields. Total length of the oil pipeline will be 101 km. The project implementation became possible due to a complex of technical and managerial …
Russian Drilling Market: A Paradigm Shift
In all likelihood, the year 2014 will go down on record as a turning point for the Russian drilling market. New trends have been seen on this market for the first time in several years, i.e. a decline in the scope of total drilling instead of growth that was recorded …
Gazprom & Russian Gas Production Overview & Future Developments
In the first part of this article, we look at reserves and major projects for the Russian upstream gas sector. In part 2, to be published in the next issue of ROGTEC Magazine, the article will conclude by looking at the production outlook, including market risks. One of the conundrums …
Udmurtneft: Application of Fibre Glass Tubing
Introduction The fields at Udmurtneft are at the late stage of development, which is characterised by a high water cut and also the corrosiveness of the produced fluid, which are the main reasons for a considerable number of downhole pumping equipment failures caused by corrosion. The use of fresh surface …
Rosneft: Helps Find Rudolph!
The scientists of Siberian Federal University with the support of Rosneft found a missing population of Evenki wild reindeer. It became possible through implementation of the “Evenki reindeer” project, realized jointly with East-Siberian Oil and Gas Company (Rosneft’s subsidiary) and Siberian Federal University. During the first stage of the program …
Rosneft: Pobeda Has Recoverable Reserves of 130 mln tons of Oil and 499 bcm of Gas
State commission on reserves confirmed the fact of discovery of the new arctic oil and gas field Pobeda on the Kara sea shelf. The field was discovered as the result of the drilling of the northernmost well in the world – the Universitetskaya-1 well. The expert commission accepted the fact …
Rosneft: Holds Public Hearings on the Studies of the East-Sibirsky-1 License
Rosneft presented a program of comprehensive geophysical studies on the East-Sibirsky-1 licensed block in the water area of the East-Siberian Sea in the course of public hearings held in Anadyr. During the event, the implementation of the works, measures on environmental protection during exploration as well as equipment and technologies …
Northern Offshore: Delays Energy Endeavor Jack Up Contract With Rosneft
Northern Offshore, Ltd. today issued an update to its July 30, 2014 announcement of a 2 1/2 year contract with Rosneft for its jackup drilling unit Energy Endeavor. In conjunction with partners North Atlantic Drilling and Seadrill, Northern has agreed to delay the transaction until the end of May 2015. While Northern …
Rosneft: Presented Studies on the West Prinovozemelsky License Block in the Barents Sea
In the course of public hearings in Archangelsk Rosneft presented a program of marine comprehensive engineering and geochemical studies of the West Prinovozemelsky licensed block in the Barents Sea. During the hearings the procedure for implementation of the works as well as environmental management were thoroughly discussed. Participants of hearings …
Alexander Novak: Russia Could Seek New Partners if Western Majors Pull Out
Moscow will seek new partners in countries that have not imposed sanctions on it if Western oil and gas companies pull out of projects with Russia, RIA news agency quoted Energy Minister Alexander Novak as saying on Saturday. The sanctions over Russia’s role in the Ukraine crisis have targeted the …