Technology Roundtable: Unconventional Oil
Russia is starting to develop its unconventional reserves with pilot projects and longer term plans in place. How do you see the current state of the unconventional sector in Russia and how quickly do you think full scale unconventional development in the region will take place? Weatherford: It is difficult …
Salym Petroleum Development Started Drilling First Bazhenov Well
Salym Petroleum Development (SPD) started drilling the first horizontal appraisal well in Bazhenov formation in Upper Salym as a part of pilot project which provides for construction of five horizontal appraisal wells in 2014-1015 using multifrac technology. During the last three years SPD conducted extensive studies to reduce geological uncertainties …
The Bazhenov Formation In Search of Big Shale Oil in Upper Salym, Part 2
Aleksey D. Alekseev Senior Petrophysicist of Salym Petroleum Development N.V., Ph.D. (Geoscience) This article looks at the work performed by Salym Petroleum Development N.V. (SPD) for the pilot development of the Bazhenov Formation. The research program has helped to identify key geological features of the Bazhenov Formation of the Upper …
Gazprom Neft: Developing Unconventional Hydrocarbons
Kirill Strizhnev, Head of «Challenging Reserves» project office for Gazprom Neft’s Directorate of the exploration and resource base development Modern global estimates of unconventional hydrocarbon reserves all point to huge development potential. Currently, unconventional oil and gas production only account for about 1% of global output, however the development of …
Salym Petroleum Development: The Bazhenov Formation – In Search of Big Shale Oil in Upper Salym
This article looks at the work performed by Salym Petroleum Development N.V. for the pilot development of the Bazhenov Formation. The research program has helped to identify key geological features of the Bazhenov Formation of the Upper Salym field, which have helped define the ways of drilling, completion, field development …
Vladimir Putin Signs Law to Reduce Mineral Extraction Tax for Unconventional Oil Production
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a law to ease the tax burden on operators developing Russia’s unconventional oil resources. The law will differentiate the tax rates for hydrocarbon production based on the permeability of the rock, depletion of the reservoir and the size of the oil bearing layer. …
Dan Doll, General Director of Trican Well Services, Speaks To ROGTEC Magazine
Dan Doll is the General Director of Trican Well Service in Russia. Mr. Doll joined Trican as Executive Director, Operations in 2011, and is now responsible for Trican’s overall operations in Russia. Mr. Doll is a professional engineer with 20 years experience in the pressure pumping industry. He began his …