TNK-BP

TNK-BP announces the start of production of environmentally compliant Euro-5 diesel at Saratov Refinery (SNPZ, part of TNK-BP Group of companies). As part of the program to start production of high quality diesel with improved environmental qualities, TNK-BP has carried out reconstruction of diesel hydrotreater L-24-6 at Saratov Refinery. It …

BP announced today that it has received unsolicited indications of interest regarding the potential acquisition of its shareholding in TNK-BP. In light of these unsolicited approaches and consistent with its commitment to maximising shareholder value, and its obligations under the Shareholder Agreement, BP has notified Alfa Access Renova of its …

TNK-Uvat tested a mini-pilot hole drilling technology in its Ust-Teguss field to improve economic efficiency and reduce horizontal well drilling time. As a result, well construction time has been cut by 30 percent – from 46 days to 30 days. One of the key fields in Uvat, Ust-Teguss is now …

TNK-BP informs that LLC Buguruslanneft, incorporated into the TNK-BP Group of companies, is going to build up oil production in the Barsukovskoe field of the Orenburg Region by commissioning eight wells and putting them into operation in 2012. Currently, Buguruslanneft is drilling four wells. The Barsukovskoe field was discovered in …

What are TNK-BP’s key upstream objectives for 2012 in Russia? Continued improvement of our HSE performance in all our operations will be a key priority for us. We will remain relentlessly focused on this task. Of course, efficient reserves recovery and increasing oil production in order to meet our planned …

TNK-BP plans to use more local contractors and suppliers from its key regions of operation in its new large-scale projects in Russia. The Company has held a meeting with local contractors and suppliers in Krasnoyarsk Region, where Rospan International (a 100% subsidiary of TNK-BP) is working on a large-scale investment …

TNK-BP is going to invest up to $15 million in 2012, twice as much as last year, into advance training of 3000 technical specialists, which is nearly a half of its engineering personnel, to improve their competencies. TNK-BP is implementing a full-scale program of advanced training of engineers for improving …

TNK-BP is getting ready for implementation of an oil production automated remote control system known as ‘Intellectual Field’, which has proven to be effective in West Siberia, across the entire company. Since mid-2010 the Company has been applying intellectual control systems for managing artificial lift wells and monitoring operation parameters …

TNK-BP discussed remediation of lands in the company’s fields with independent environmental protection organizations. The round table was participated by representatives of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Greenpeace, Russian Union for Conservation of Birds, environmental protection organization Transparent World, and Public Environmental Supervision Organization of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area (Yugra), …

TNK-BP has developed a comprehensive program for integrating the safe operation culture aimed at mitigation and elimination of industrial and environmental risks. Elena Kompasenko, Vice President, Health, Safety and Environment, TNK-BP, presented this large-scale project to participants of the International HSE Excellence Europe Forum 2012 in Rome. The safe operation …