Gazprom Neft Has Renamed “GPN-Middle East Projects” to “Western Asia”
The subsidiary of Gazprom Neft, Limited Liability Company GPN-Middle East Projects, has been renamed Limited Liability Company Western Asia. The name change was registered on May 7, according to data from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities of the Russian Federation (EGRUL). Gazprom Neft established GPN-Middle East Projects exactly …
SPD is Testing Pitless Drilling Technology
SPD tested application of pitless drilling model at the Salym group of oil fields. Technology like this makes it possible to reduce adverse environmental effect and optimize well pad construction costs through reducing their area and drilling waste volume. According to the pilot project results at Upper Salym, transition to …
Salym Petroleum Development: Launches Alkali, Surfactant and Polymer Mixing Unit
On 24 March Salym Petroleum Development (SPD) launched ASP mixing unit at the Salym group of fields. This unit is the key facility in the infrastructure of the pilot EOR project which involves injection of a three-component mixture – Alkali, Surfactant, and Polymer – into the formation. The start-up ceremony …
Salym Petroleum Development Drills 900th Salym Well
On 25 May 2014 Salym Petroleum Development N.V. (SPD) drilled its 900th well on the Salym group of fields since the execution of the Salym Project began in 2003. The anniversary well, 3150 meters deep, was drilled on the Upper Salym field in 14.41 days. It’s a first sub-horizontal well to …
The Bazhenov Formation In Search of Big Shale Oil in Upper Salym, Part 2
Aleksey D. Alekseev Senior Petrophysicist of Salym Petroleum Development N.V., Ph.D. (Geoscience) This article looks at the work performed by Salym Petroleum Development N.V. (SPD) for the pilot development of the Bazhenov Formation. The research program has helped to identify key geological features of the Bazhenov Formation of the Upper …
The ROGTEC Interview: Peter van Welsenes, Wells Manager, SPD
SPD has reached a massive milestone earlier this year, drilling its 800th well. That’s an excellent achievement, but what are your drilling targets over the next couple of years? Our existing development will continue in the coming years. The number of wells to drill will depend on the speed at …
ROGTEC Talks to Simon Durkin, CEO of Salym Petroleum Development
How has business been for SPD over the last year and what is your forecast for the next 12 months? In 2013 it will be 10 years since the start of the Salym project. Over those 10 years we started from nothing and have built a major modern oil production …
SPD Maximizes Efficiency of Salym Oil Fields Development
On November 26, Supervisory Board of Salym Petroleum Development N.V. (SPD) approved the go ahead for a pilot on using new technology that enables to enhance oil recovery by chemical flooding with ASP. The ASP field pilot will be undertaken in the Salym group of fields in Western Siberia in …
Salym Petroleum Development maximizes efficiency of Salym oil fields development
On November 26, Supervisory Board of Salym Petroleum Development N.V. (SPD) approved the go ahead for a pilot on using new technology that enables to enhance oil recovery by chemical flooding with ASP. The ASP field pilot will be undertaken in the Salym group of fields in Western Siberia in 2013-2015. ASP …
Salym Petroleum Development – APG – The Triple Energy Partnership
Salym Petroleum Development N.V. (SPD) developing Salym group of oil fields in Western Siberia has successfully implemented a gas utilization project. This unprecedented example of solving the issue of associated petroleum gas (APG) utilization is based on the mutual partnership between three private companies and on cooperation between business and …