Tatneft: Implements Corrosion Protection Technologies
TATNEFT has been rapidly developing the activities aimed at improving the efficiency and reliability of operating oilfield equipment and underground pipelines. The specialists of the Company have proposed a new design solution of a non-conductive insert that increases the mechanical strength and integrity for the pipeline with an operating pressure …
Tatneft: Production at Ashalchinskoye Exceeds 52t per Day
An average production rate of one well at Ashalchinskoye extra-viscous oil field of OAO TATNEFT exceeded 52 tons per day. Pilot production of Ashalchinskoye extra-viscous oil field has been performed by NGDU “Nurlatneft” of OAO TATNEFT since 2006. The technology of steam assisted gravity drainage is applied in the field …
Tatneft Implements Effective Methods of Enhanced Oil Recovery
Modern methods of enhancing crude oil recovery are being successfully appled at TATNEFT Company in order to increase oil recovery from the fields in the late stage of development. One way to increase the sweep efficiency of oil saturated reservoirs is injection of guar gum based gel-forming compositions into the …
Tatneft: BMZ Has Developed a Technology of Tubing Recovery by the Lining Method
The Bugulma Mechanical Plant (BMZ) of OAO TATNEFT has developed a technology using the lining method of restoring previously used tubing. The principle of the developed method lies in the fact that previously used tubing with 2 mm or more wear of the wall thickness and unfit for further operation …
Tatneft Develops New Technologies for the Production of Oil and Water
A technology of water dumping and utilization of the produced water in the cluster wells has been developed and tested at TATNEFT Company. Selection of the technology has been implemented jointly by the specialists of TatNIPIneft and NGDU “Yamashneft.” An experimental technology increases the operational efficiency of watered oil wells …
Tatneft Introduces New, Efficient Chain Drive Pumps
OAO TATNEFT continue implementing the program of introducing long-stroke balancer-free chain drives (CD) in sucker rod pumping installations which significantly reduce maintenance costs of oil production. The active Company’s well stock, equipped with chain drives amounted to 1,383 units as of the beginning of 2012. Of this amount 1,069 wells …
Tatneft: Drilling and Production Numbers for February
Crude Oil Production OAO TATNEFT produced 4,254,538 tons of crude oil during two months of 2012 or 101.5% versus the level of the past year with the above-the-plan production amounting to 94,204 tons (102.3%). The amount of 4,199,435 tons of crude oil was delivered with the above-the-plan delivery amounting to …
Tatneft Continues Its APG Utilization Program
TATNEFT Company continues developing the corporate program for utilization of associated petroleum gas (APG) designed for 2009-2013. Production volume of associated petroleum gas amounted to 830 million m3 at OAO TATNEFT in 2011. The Company spent 3.46 billion rubles in 2009 – 2011 for projects to improve the effective use …
Tatneft: Board of Directors Meeting
A regular meeting of the Board of Directors of OAO TATNEFT, chaired by R.N. Minnikhanov, President of the Republic of Tatarstan, was held on February 28, 2012. The Board of Directors meeting summed up the execution of the budget of OAO TATNEFT in January and approved the budget for March …
Tatneft Held an Annual Meeting on Labor Safety
A meeting of a standing committee on labor safety was held at OAO TATNEFT with participation of its structural divisions and management companies on the results of operation in 2011 and the main areas of organizational and technical work on the industrial and fire safety, occupational safety, industrial inspection, prevention …