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Free On-Demand Webinar: Satellite SCADA for Oil & Gas Industry Challenges

Learn how satellite communications can play a role in providing order and achievement in the operation of SCADA assets in the Oil and Gas market. Oil and Gas services companies need M2M solutions that are tested and proven to effectively protect, manage, and leverage their infrastructure investment. Remotely accessing and …

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The ROGTEC Interview: Dominiek Ampe, General Manager, Dockwise Russia

What is your position in the company and how long have you held this position? I started working for Dockwise back in 2007 when the company was starting to expand its horizon into the countries of the former Soviet Union. With the signing of several contracts in Russia, it was …

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International Petroleum Appointed Pierre Godec as Non-Executive Director

International Petroleum Limited, an oil and gas exploration company with assets in Russia and Kazakhstan, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Pierre Godec as a Non-Executive Director of the Company with immediate effect. Mr Godec, aged 67, has 40 years’ experience in the international oil industry. He spent …

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Alliance Oil Reserve Replacement 154% in 2011

Alliance Oil Company Ltd’s total oil reserves increased by 1.8% to 996.9 million barrels (978.8 million barrels). The Company replaced 153.6% of the total 2011 oil production by adding net proved and probable (2P) oil reserves of 9.6 million barrels (net of 17.9 million barrels produced in 2011) through exploration and development as well as reserve revisions. The Kolvinskoye …

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ALLIANCE OIL AND REPSOL REACH AN AGREEMENT TO FORM AND GOVERN RUSSIAN EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION JOINT VENTURE

Alliance Oil Company Ltd and Repsol Exploración, S.A. have reached an agreement to form and govern a joint venture for exploration and production growth in Russia. Further to the agreement, Alliance and Repsol envisage establishing a joint venture with a total asset base of approximately $840 million following asset and …

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The ROGTEC Interview: Colin Duff, Sales Director for Hardbanding Solutions Europe Ltd

What is your position in the company and how long have you held this position? I was appointed Sales Director when Hardbanding Solutions Europe Ltd was formed as a technical center for hardbanding products Duraband NC and Tuffband NC on 1st September 2011.  Before that I held the position of …

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Victoria Oil and Gas, West Medvezhye Project, Russia

VOG’s wholly owned subsidiary, ZAO Sever Gas-Invest (SGI), holds a 20-year Exploitation Licence for West Medvezhye (‘West Med’) covering 1,224 km2. The block is located in the Yamal Peninsula in the Nenets region of Siberia with independently assessed total prospective resources of approximately 1.1 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) …

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Blackbourn Reports: Petroleum Geology of the West Siberian Basin

Chapter 1. Introduction and Brief Review of the Petroleum Geology II.1.1 Introduction As noted in Section I.1.3, the West Siberian Basin has been sub-divided into distinct petroleum-geological regions by various authors, and there is no wholly consistent terminology. The ten regions illustrated in Enclosure II.1 are widely used in the …

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The ROGTEC Interview: Alex Mckay, Welltec

What is your position within Welltec and how long have you held it? My position for the past 4 years has been Area Vice President Europe, Russian Federation and CIS. Due to the pace of growth of our business however we have recently reorganized so I can focus solely on …

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Salym Petroleum Development and Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Region Government Signed Cooperation Agreement

Salym Petroleum Development N.V. (SPD) and Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Region Government (KHMAO) signed the Cooperation Agreement for 2011 in Moscow. The Governor of Yugra Natalia Komarova and SPD CEO Simon Durkin put their signatures on the Agreement. “Signing of a Cooperation Agreement with the KHMAO Government is one more important step …

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