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Drilling & Completion

Eurasia rigs fully booked for Caspian programs

Eurasia Drilling Co. (EDC) has updated its drilling activities in the Caspian Sea.

Caspian development drilling lifts Dragon production

Dragon Oil has updated its ongoing drilling program in the Cheleken Contract Area of the Turkmen sector of the Caspian Sea.

Songa drilling rigs move to new assignments

Two rigs owned by Songa Offshore are under assignment to Petronas offshore Malaysia.

Field Development

Work under way on Caspian platforms

Construction is under way on offshore oil and gas facilities for Lukoil’s V. Filanovsky field in the Russian sector of the Caspian Sea.

Lukoil contracts platforms for Filanovsky oil development in the Caspian

Lukoil has ordered a riser platform and residential module platform for installation at the northern Caspian Sea’s Vladimir Filanovsky oil field in 2012-14.

Stone dumping starts around Russian Arctic platform

The ice-resistant stationary platform for Gazprom’s Neftshelf’s Prirazlomnoye field development in the Pechora Sea offshore Russia in the Arctic has reached its location, 60 km (37 mi) ...

Subsea

Black Sea pipeline survey sets sound profile record

GSP Offshore’s DP-2 vessel GSP Prince is providing survey services and support for the proposed South Stream gas pipeline through the Black Sea for Russian engineering company PeterGas LLC.

Saipem to manage Russia's first subsea development project

Saipem will perform subsea installations for the Kirinskoye gas condensate field offshore eastern Russia.

Ezra wins three subsea contracts

Ezra Holdings Ltd. has received three letters of awards/intent for subsea contracts valued at about $85 million.

Geology & Geophysics

Consultations over Kara Sea seismic survey

Public hearings have been staged in Archangelsk to discuss planned seismic research programs in the Kara Sea off northern Russia.

Rosneft progressing Arctic, Black Sea ventures

Rosneft president Eduard Khudainatov has issued an update of the company’s programs offshore Russia.

TGS on active survey duty in Arctic regions

TGS Nopec has started a 22,000-km (13,670-mi) multi-client (MC) survey offshore Labrador-Newfoundland in partnership with PGS.

Pipeline & Transportation

Compressor station on schedule to feed Russian gas through Baltic pipeline

Construction is under way of a compressor station in Portovaya, northern Russia which will handle gas supplies for the second Nord Stream pipeline in the Baltic Sea.

Second Black Sea gas line a step closer

Turkey’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has granted all necessary and unconditional permits for construction and operation of the South Stream gas pipeline through the Turkish sector.

Gas begins flowing through Nord Stream Line 1

The Nord Stream consortium reports that Line 1 of its Baltic Sea pipeline became operational on Nov. 8, and was commemorated by political and business leaders as making a significant contribution t...

Production

Dragon looking to streamline production from Caspian fields

Dragon Oil says results from a water injection study offshore Turkmenistan could improve well performance on its Cheleken Contract Area fields.

Caspian development drilling lifts Dragon production

Dragon Oil has updated its ongoing drilling program in the Cheleken Contract Area of the Turkmen sector of the Caspian Sea.

Pechora Sea oil production platform close to sail-out

The ice-resistant fixed platform for Gazprom’s Prirazlomnoye field off northern Russia is nearing completion.

Rigs/Vessels

March start for Caspian jackup transportation

Blue Water Shipping has won a contract to transport a newbuild jackup to the Caspian Sea for Eurasia Drilling.

Eurasia rigs fully booked for Caspian programs

Eurasia Drilling Co. (EDC) has updated its drilling activities in the Caspian Sea.

Frontier seismic work can require site-specific programs

The need to discover new hydrocarbon reserves is pushing frontier exploration into the world's more remote and challenging regions.

Russia Offshore Oil & Gas News

Dragon looking to streamline production from Caspian fields

Dragon Oil says results from a water injection study offshore Turkmenistan could improve well performance on its Cheleken Contract Area fields.

Work under way on Caspian platforms

Construction is under way on offshore oil and gas facilities for Lukoil’s V. Filanovsky field in the Russian sector of the Caspian Sea.

Compressor station on schedule to feed Russian gas through Baltic pipeline

Construction is under way of a compressor station in Portovaya, northern Russia which will handle gas supplies for the second Nord Stream pipeline in the Baltic Sea.