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The Orenburgneft company, which is part of the production asset of Rosneft Oil Company, has doubled the starting flow rate of a multilateral well at the North Kommunarskoye field. High performance has been achieved through the use of modern fishbone technology. The initial production rate of the well was 150 …

Studies by the Tyumen Petroleum Research Centre (TNNC) show that TNK-BP is failing to take full advantage of the major benefits that could be gained by applying dual completion (DC) technology at its oil fields. Each of the Company’s target subsidiaries (TS) has encountered its own specific difficulties when it …

Why is an effective wellbore cleanout program essential when looking at the production and run life of a well? Schlumberger: Movement of sand and accumulation of debris can have a considerable impact on fluid flow. On the surface, a river can deposit so much silt that it blocks its own …

Roxi Petroleum plc, the Central Asian oil and gas company with a focus on Kazakhstan, is pleased to announce that representatives from the existing participants in the BNG licence and KNOC have agreed well locations and secured a rig to commence drilling in December 2012. Well locations The main focus …

ITF is calling on technology developers to come forward with innovative solutions for enhanced sub-basalt imaging and novel borehole seismic sources, with the potential for successful proposals to receive up to 100% funding. The organisation, which has a membership of 29 international operators and service companies, has issued two global …

Max Petroleum Plc, an oil and gas exploration and production company focused on Kazakhstan, announces that it has commenced drilling the ASK-J1 development well in the Asanketken Field in Block E. Total depth of the well will be approximately 1,370 metres, targeting Jurassic reservoirs. Source

Max Petroleum Plc, an oil and gas exploration and production company focused on Kazakhstan, announces an update on drilling at the NUR-1 pre-salt well at the Emba B prospect on Block E. The well has reached the top of the Kungarian salt at a depth of 5,718 metres. Upon drilling …

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 …

Max Petroleum Plc, an oil and gas exploration and development company focused on Kazakhstan, is pleased to announce today that the UTS-3 confirmation well in the Uytas Field has reached a total depth of 825 metres, with electric logs indicating a total of 31 metres of net oil pay in …