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Rosneft drops West Navigator contract

Mar 16, 2015

Rosneft sent North Atlantic Drilling Ltd. (NADL) a notice of termination for the West Navigator, in connection with a framework agreement between the two companies. The West Navigator. From NADL.   The…

JSC NIIK migrates to AVEVA Everything3D

Feb 26, 2015

Russian engineering company Research and Design Institute of Urea and Organic Synthesis Products (JSC NIIK) migrated to AVEVA Everything3D (AVEVA E3D). AVEVA Everything3D. From AVEVA. AVEVA…

Hope for Arctic oil yet?

Feb 23, 2015

According to the United States Geological Survey, the area above the Arctic Circle holds approximately 90 billion barrels of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and an estimated 1,670 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of technically recoverable natural gas…

Fugro launches G4 service

Feb 16, 2015

Fugro launched its G4 service, in the field of GNSS augmentation systems for offshore positioning applications. The new satellite correction service is the first to take advantage of all four GNSS (global navigation satellite systems): GPS…

Sechin: Oil markets are in acute crisis

Feb 10, 2015

Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin addressed the International Petroleum (IP) Week forum in London, stating that the oil markets are in a fairly acute crisis. Image from Rosneft.   “In the second half of 2014 there was a drop in oil prices…

Lukoil picks AGR for drilling optimization

Feb 10, 2015

AGR has secured a contract with LUKOIL Overseas to optimize the Russian firm's drilling performance. The contract covers LUKOIL’s drilling operations in several territories internationally, including Middle East, Black Sea, Africa and Central Asia…

Restoring production efficiency

Feb 04, 2015

A three phase asset management strategy could help counter costs, says ABB’s Will Leonard. In mid-December, the price of oil fell further after the International Energy Agency (IEA) forecast weaker demand in 2015. Brent crude fell to around US$60 a barrel…

Gazprom targets Baltic LNG

Jan 22, 2015

Russia’s Gazprom announced plans to build a new LNG plant on the Baltic Sea on Thursday (22 January).  The project, called Baltic LNG, will be built at Ust-Luga, in the Leningrad region, near the Gulf of Finland. It will be capable of producing 10 MPTA of LNG…

Schlumberger acquiring interest in Eurasia

Jan 20, 2015

Schlumberger and Eurasia Drilling (EDC) entered into an agreement in which Schlumberger will acquire 45.65% interest in EDC in a US$1.7 billion deal. The agreement extends the successful long-term relationship enjoyed by the two companies within the strategic alliance signed in 2011…

ExxonMobil starts-up Arkutun-Dagi

Jan 19, 2015

ExxonMobil began production at the Arkutun-Dagi field, off Russia. Image of the Arkutun-Dagi topside.   Arkutun-Dagi is part of the multi-billion-dollar Sakhalin-1 project, which also…

Gazprom Neft awarded two Arctic blocks

Jan 16, 2015

Gazprom Neft’s subsidiary, Gazpromneft Sakhalin has been awarded subsoil-use rights to two blocks in the Russian Arctic. Image from Gazprom Neft.   The first block, the Severo-Zapadniy (North East) block is located on the Pechora Sea shelf…

Barents Sea FTG

Jan 01, 2015

Full Tensor Gravity Gradiometry (FTG) is aiding prospect evaluation in a formerly disputed zone of the Barents Sea, adjacent to the Norwegian-Russian border. Dr. Stephen Rippington, Dr. Neil Dyer, and Chris Anderson explain. Fig…

Arctech Helsinki bought out by Russians

Dec 31, 2014

Arctech Helsinki Shipyard has moved into full Russian ownership after United Shipbuilding Corporation bought the other half of the company's shares from STX Finland. Finland based Arctech Helsinki Shipyard was founded in December 2010…

Gazprom buys out South Stream partners

Dec 30, 2014

Gazprom has agreed to buyout its South Stream Transport partners Eni, Wintershall and EDF just weeks after the project, which was already in construction phase, was cancelled. South Stream Transport was owned 50% by Gazprom, with Eni holding 20%…

Russia looks to substitute technology imports

Dec 29, 2014

Russian gas giant Gapzrom is to work with state-owned RUSNANO, a nanotechnology technology commercialization outfit, to develop new technologies and help substitute imported products into Gazprom's production facilities.  The firm has also signed agreements with Russian pipe manufacturers…

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