Russia Offshore Regional Report

Drilling & Completion

More rigs needed for Caspian development project

Dragon Oil is adding intervals on the Dzheitune (Lam) 13/171 well in the Turkmen sector of the Caspian Sea, and expects to complete the Dzheitune (Lam) C/175 development well in the next few weeks.

Kirinskoye development under way offshore eastern Russia

Gazprom has started construction of production wells on the Kirinskoye gas and condensate field offshore Sakhalin Island.

Dragon targets more wells offshore Turkmenistan

Sand issues have constrained Dragon Oil’s production from the Cheleken Contract Area in the Turkmen sector of the Caspian Sea.

Field Development

More rigs needed for Caspian development project

Dragon Oil is adding intervals on the Dzheitune (Lam) 13/171 well in the Turkmen sector of the Caspian Sea, and expects to complete the Dzheitune (Lam) C/175 development well in the next few weeks.

Kirinskoye development under way offshore eastern Russia

Gazprom has started construction of production wells on the Kirinskoye gas and condensate field offshore Sakhalin Island.

Bumi Armada to lay Caspian inter-field pipelines

OOO LUKOIL-Nizhnevolzhskneft has contracted Bumi Armada Caspian to install subsea oil and gas pipelines at the Vladimir Filanovsky field in the Russian sector of the Caspian Sea.

Subsea

PLET, ILT go into Sea of Okhotsk

JSC Mezhregiontruboprovodstroy has completed a successful installation of 10-in PLET and In-Line Tee (ILT) in the Sea of Okhotsk, Russia, from its specialized PLB Fortuna vessel.

Ramboll to analyze Kiriskoye installation procedures offshore Sakhalin Island

Russian subsea contractor MRTS has commissioned Ramboll Oil & Gas to provide engineering support for Gazprom’s Kirinskoye gas-condensate development in the Sakhalin III area off eastern Russia.

Baltic pipeline in subsea tie-in phase

Work has started on underwater tie ins of the second Nord Stream gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea.

Geology & Geophysics

Frontier seismic surveys under way offshore Russian arctic

Rosneft has initiated seismic acquisition surveys in two separate areas offshore northern Russia.

Eni to fund seismic programs offshore Russia

Eni has agreed to fully finance geological studies covering three licenses offshore Russia.

Lukoil, Schlumberger establish joint study center

Lukoil Engineering and Schlumberger have jointly opened the Center of Geologic Exploration Technologies (CGET) in Moscow.

Pipeline & Transportation

Kirinskoye development under way offshore eastern Russia

Gazprom has started construction of production wells on the Kirinskoye gas and condensate field offshore Sakhalin Island.

Baltic pipeline in subsea tie-in phase

Work has started on underwater tie ins of the second Nord Stream gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea.

Lukoil contracts Saipem for second batch of Caspian pipelines

Lukoil Nizhnevolzhskneft has awarded a further pipelay contract for its Vladimir Filanovsky field development in the Russian sector of the Caspian Sea.

Production

Kirinskoye development under way offshore eastern Russia

Gazprom has started construction of production wells on the Kirinskoye gas and condensate field offshore Sakhalin Island.

Dragon targets more wells offshore Turkmenistan

Sand issues have constrained Dragon Oil’s production from the Cheleken Contract Area in the Turkmen sector of the Caspian Sea.

Kirinskoye subsea gas/condensate production facilities coming together

Gazprom plans to start gas production this year from the Kirinskoye gas/condensate field offshore Sakhalin Island, under the Sakhalin III project.

Rigs/Vessels

Frontier seismic surveys under way offshore Russian arctic

Rosneft has initiated seismic acquisition surveys in two separate areas offshore northern Russia.

PLET, ILT go into Sea of Okhotsk

JSC Mezhregiontruboprovodstroy has completed a successful installation of 10-in PLET and In-Line Tee (ILT) in the Sea of Okhotsk, Russia, from its specialized PLB Fortuna vessel.

Caspian jackup sets safety milestone

Eurasia Drilling Co. says the Saturn drilling jackup has clocked five years of continuous service in the Caspian Sea without a lost time incident.

Russia Offshore Oil & Gas News

More rigs needed for Caspian development project

Dragon Oil is adding intervals on the Dzheitune (Lam) 13/171 well in the Turkmen sector of the Caspian Sea, and expects to complete the Dzheitune (Lam) C/175 development well in the next few weeks.

Frontier seismic surveys under way offshore Russian arctic

Rosneft has initiated seismic acquisition surveys in two separate areas offshore northern Russia.

Statoil opts out of group following Shtokman impasse

Statoil (OSE:STL, NYSE:STO) has returned its shares in the Shtokman Development AG (SDAG) venture to Gazprom.