
It is Planned to Establish a Security Zone of 565 m Around Russia’s Largest Offshore Drilling Platform
Security zones are planned to be installed around the Orlan and Berkut platforms. The Russian Ministry of Transport has prepared an order to establish security zones around the Orlan and Berkut offshore stationary platforms. As follows from the text of the draft document published on the Federal portal for posting …

Dual Gradient Drilling in Deep Water Wells
Introduction The oil reserves of Russia’s continental shelf fields under development are decreasing. The domestic oil and gas companies are investing more and more into geological exploration on the continental shelves of the Kara Sea, Black Sea, Sea of Okhotsk as well as other areas [1,2]. The cost of constructing …

TGS Completes Reprocessing of New Regional 2D Survey in the Russian Sea of Okhotsk
TGS, a leading provider of multi-client geoscience data for exploration & production (E&P) companies, has announced that it has completed the reprocessing of a 21,631-square kilometer regional 2D seismic survey offshore Sakhalin Island, in the Russian Sea of Okhotsk. The reprocessing has been undertaken with the support of TGS’ Russian …