
Technology Roundtable: Lost Circulation
1. In which regions of Russia are lost circulation issues consistently found? Halliburton: In the current economic conditions, many oil companies focus on the development of mature fields. As a rule, such fields have well-developed infrastructure, and their investments have long ago paid off . However, the other side of …

RPI: Drilling Quality, Not Quantity
In the Russian Federation 2014 became very significant in respect of qualitative change in the situation in the local drilling market. Firstly, the forecasts, only recently predicting fast growth of the open drilling market, did not come true. On the contrary, starting from spring of 2014 Rosneft built up its …

Technology Roundtable: Extended Reach Drilling and Sidetracking
1. With sanctions impacting on the region´s horizontal drilling in unconventional field, what is the current level of demand for horizontal and ERD wells? What projects are you currently working on? Halliburton: Currently, the demand for horizontal directional drilling has not reduced; instead, it has increased significantly. Horizontal drilling, overall, …

Russian Drilling Market: A Paradigm Shift
In all likelihood, the year 2014 will go down on record as a turning point for the Russian drilling market. New trends have been seen on this market for the first time in several years, i.e. a decline in the scope of total drilling instead of growth that was recorded …
Bashneft: Board Submits Deals to EGM for Approvals
At its latest meeting held on September 23, 2014, JSOC Bashneft’s Board of Directors decided to submit a number of related-party transactions to the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company for review on October 15, 2014 Thus, it was suggested that the Meeting of Shareholders should approve a …