Exploring Unconventionally!
David Bamford It can be argued that over the last 20 years or so, offshore explorers have become ‘lazy’, relying on regional 3D seismic to bring them success. This will not be possible when explorers turn to looking for unconventional resources onshore; the innovative use of technology will be the …
The ROGTEC Interview Thomas Reed, CEO of Ruspetro
Thomas Reed, CEO of Ruspetro and a founding shareholder. Prior to joining the Group Mr Reed was a private equity and M&A advisor and investor based in Moscow. Since 1995 he has been involved in the origination, trading, and research of different classes of assets, such as equity and equity …
RITEK Thermal Gas Treatment at the Bazhenov
Although the development of unconventional resources is a challenging task, the need to focus on this area is becoming ever more important. As a result, new and improved technologies are being implemented to produce more hydrocarbons from unconventional fields. At RITEK, we are working hard on innovative methods that will …
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 …
Gas2 Announces Breakthrough Gas-To-Liquids (GTL) Technology Success
Scottish gas reforming company Gas2 has reached a significant milestone in the development of the next generation of natural gas-to-liquids (GTL) technology which has the potential to open up remote gas as well as shale and unconventional reserves. The Aberdeen-based company has successfully completed an extended test period of its …
Landmark Launches DecisionSpace 5000.8.3 Suite
Landmark‘s DecisionSpace 5000.8.3 Suite delivers unmatched decision accuracy and cross-domain workflow efficiency The need for fast, accurate and safe reservoir and operational decisions has never been greater. Replacing reserves and addressing complex plays both onshore and offshore requires an integrated approach for evaluating and developing assets. Landmark’s DecisionSpace® 5000.8.3 suite …
Baker Hughes and CGG Strengthen Business Alliance
Baker Hughes Incorporated and CGG announced today the signing of a Letter of Intent to realign the firms’ VSFusion joint venture to focus on microseismic monitoring, processing, visualization, and interpretation as well as microseismic permanent monitoring. The joint venture, now called Magnitude, strengthens the capabilities of Baker Hughes and CGG …
Ruspetro: Signs Tight Oil Technology Partnership with Schlumberger
Ruspetro plc today announces that the Company has signed a technical partnership agreement with Schlumberger, the world’s leading oilfield services company, to advance its field development plan and drill a number of horizontal, multistage fractured wells using best-in-class tight oil technology and technical expertise. The technical partnership covers the following …
The ROGTEC Interview: Denis Ivanov Nabors Drilling International Limited
When ROGTEC last spoke to you in Issue 29 (May 2012) you mentioned Nabors was looking to increase its drilling fleet. What progress has been made on the expansions? Do you have further expansion plans for Russia? Yes, we started to work with a new client “Slavneft-Krasnoyarskneftegaz” in the Krasnoyarsk …
Technology Roundtable: MWD, Measurement While Drilling
How does a MWD system improving drilling efficiencies and formation understanding? Baker Hughes: First of all, let’s go back to industry adopted classification of telemetry systems – MWD (measuring while drilling) and LWD (logging while drilling) systems: MWD systems provide directional survey data (well path), bottom hole temperature, pressure, …