Legendary Samotlor Field Celebrates Its 60th Anniversary
Rosneft celebrates the 60th anniversary of the discovery of the Samotlor oil field, one of the largest in the world. Its history began on May 29, 1965, when the exploratory well R-1 produced its first oil at a flow rate of 300 cubic meters per day. Just four years later, …
Samotlorneftegaz Celebrates The 55th Anniversary Of The Start Of Industrial Development Of The Samotlor Field
Samotlorneftegaz (part of the oil and gas production complex of Rosneft) celebrates 55 years since the production of the first industrial oil from the Samotlor field – one of the largest in the world. In April 1969, industrial development of the oil giant began – just four years after its …
The Economic Effect of Samotlorneftegaz from the Use of an Innovative Oil Recovery Method Exceeded 210 Million Rubles
The Samotlorneftegaz company, which is part of the production complex of NK Rosneft, has increased the efficiency of oil production thanks to the use of an innovative method of integrated mathematical modeling. Over the five years of the project implementation, digital analogues of ten production sites of the Samotlor field …
Samotlorneftegaz Increased the Level of Rational Use of Associated Petroleum Gas to 99%
Samotlorneftegaz, which produces an asset of NK Rosneft, in 2022 brought the level of useful use of associated petroleum gas to a historical maximum of 99%. This is one of the best indicators in the industry. Increasing the efficiency of production assets is one of the key elements of the …
Samotlorneftegaz: Increases the Speed of Drilling Horizontal Wells
Samotlorneftegaz, which is part of Rosneft’s oil production unit, has drilled two horizontal wells using a unique bicentric bit design. Such a constructive solution made it possible to increase the average ROP to 53.5 m/h, which is 23.5 m/h higher than the planned figure. In addition to increasing the penetration rate, …
Samotlorneftegaz: Improves Environmental Friendliness of Production
Samotlorneftegaz, which is part of the oil and gas production complex of NK Rosneft, will build 120 new wells using energy from mobile modular substations. Energy facilities will be installed in remote areas of the field, where the construction of stationary power plants is not efficient. As part of the Rosneft-2022 …
Rosneft: Expands the Geography of the Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to Control the Level of Greenhouse Gases
Rosneft is expanding the geography of the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to control the level of greenhouse gases. Using a remote laser scanner and a high-resolution video camera installed on unmanned aerial vehicles, monitoring will be carried out at the facilities for the preparation and transportation of oil …
Level of Rational Use of Associated Petroleum Gas in Samotlorneftegaz Exceeded 98.5%
Rosneft is actively working to increase the level of useful utilization of associated petroleum gas (APG) in the Nizhnevartovsk region. Samotlorneftegaz, which is part of the production complex of NK Rosneft, by the end of 2020 increased the level of rational use of APG to 98.6%. The bulk of the produced gas …
Rosneft: Mathematical Modeling Increases Samotlorneftegas’ Production by 1%
At the Samotlor field, Rosneft is successfully implementing innovative methods of integrated mathematical modeling for the integrated optimization of oil production at mature assets. The unique technology, tested at 515 wells of Samotlor, made it possible to increase oil production by 1% in 13 months. Digitalization in all areas of the …
Samotlorneftegaz Launches Unique Technology for Cleaning the Bottom of Water Bodies
Samotlorneftegaz, an enterprise of Rosneft’s oil production complex, together with the Institute for Biology of the Tomsk State University, has successfully launched the Air Probe (Aeroshchup) technology for cleaning hydrocarbons off the bottom of reservoirs through flotation and airlifting. The operating principle of the innovative complex is to lift hydrocarbon …