The ROGTEC Interview: Denis Ivanov Nabors Drilling International Limited
When ROGTEC last spoke to you in Issue 29 (May 2012) you mentioned Nabors was looking to increase its drilling fleet. What progress has been made on the expansions? Do you have further expansion plans for Russia? Yes, we started to work with a new client “Slavneft-Krasnoyarskneftegaz” in the Krasnoyarsk …
Rosneft President and Management Board Members Increase Stakes in Charter Capital
Rosneft President and members of the Management Board have increased their interests in the Company’s charter capital as follows: Igor Sechin, President, Chairman of the Management Board of Rosneft, increased his holding from 0% to 0.0075% Larisa Kalanda, member of the Management Board, Vice President of Rosneft, increased her holding …
Rosneft and ExxonMobil Proceed with LNG Project Implementation
Rosneft and ExxonMobil continue to progress the LNG project proposed in the Russian Far East. The contractor selection process for design and engineering work has officially commenced. In 2013-2014 Rosneft and ExxonMobil plan to complete design work, including selection of a liquefaction technology and identification of major equipment requirements, to …
Rosneft and Socar Sign Cooperation Agreement
Rosneft and State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) executed the Cooperation Agreement. The document was signed by Rosneft President and Chairman of the Management Board Igor Sechin and SOCAR President Rovnag Abdullayev in the presence of Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, and Ilham Aliyev, President …
Rosneft: Green Light to Buy Gas Assets
The watchdog, known as FAS, said it had approved a bid by Rosneft’s TNK-BP Holding unit for Urengoy Gas Co (UGC) and Geotransgas, both in Russia’s Yamal-Nenets district in the country’s gas production heartland. TNK-BP became a unit of Rosneft earlier this year, when the state oil company acquired its …
Rosneft: Financial and Production Figures Up Massively Due to Multiple Acquisitions
Hydrocarbon production (including production by fully and proportionally consolidated subsidiaries and share in production by affiliates) increased by 82.8% in H1 2013 and reached 4,804 th. boepd. H1 crude oil production reached 4,183 th. bpd, which represents a 73.5% increase Y-o-Y, while gas production more than doubled and reached 15.3 …
Rosneft President Igor Sechin Meets Rostov Region’s Governor Vasily Golubev
Rosneft President and Chairman of the Management Board Igor Sechin, accompanied by a team of the Company’s top managers, held a working meeting with Rostov region’s Governor Vasily Golubev. As part of the meeting the parties signed heads of agreement for Rosneft to acquire fueling assets in Rostov-on-Don. The parties …
Alliance Denies in Talks with Rosneft Over Oil Assets
Alliance Group, a shareholder in mid-sized Russian oil and gas company Alliance Oil, denied reports that it was in talks over a sale of assets to state-controlled oil major Rosneft. Russian newspapers Kommersant and Vedomosti said this week that Rosneft or its first vice-president Eduard Khudainatov acting alone were considering …
Rosneft to Invest 52 billion rubles into Far East Development
Rosneft President and Chairman of the Management Board Igor Sechin reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin on the company operations in the Far East Federal District and mid-term plans to develop offshore projects via a video conference on 16 July. The video link connected Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, where President Putin was at …
Rosneft Bolsters Works at Kara Sea Shelf
Rosneft jointly with the RosHydroMet Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute starts the large-scale program for comprehensive studies of the Kara Sea shelf as part of Kara Sea Summer 2013 Marine Expedition. The Expedition is scheduled for July 12. Full-scale development of the Arctic offshore fields is one of the key …