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Drilling & Completion

Eurasia drilling fleet fully engaged in Caspian Sea

Eurasia Drilling Co. (EDC) has provided an overview of its activity to date in 2012 in the Caspian Sea.

Strong uptake for EDC Caspian jackup drilling rigs

Eurasia Drilling Co. (EDC) has issued a brief update on its Caspian Sea activity over the past year.

Caspian jackup gets new identity

Eurasia Drilling Co. (EDC) has renamed its Trident 20 jackup Saturn.

Field Development

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.

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.

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.

Subsea

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.

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.

Geology & Geophysics

First 3D transition zone seismic survey off Turkmenistan begins

RWE Dea has started a seismic acquisition program on block 23 in the Turkmen sector of the Caspian Sea.

WGP to study extent of Russian arctic OCS for SMG

WGP Exploration Ltd. has signed a turn-key contract with State Servmorgeo Co. to study the Mendeleyev Ridge offshore Russian arctic.

Rosneft wins local support for Arctic seismic campaign

Public hearings have concluded in northern Russia on Rosneft’s 2012 Arctic seismic study program.

Pipeline & Transportation

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.

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.

Nord Stream pipeline to undergo temporary shutdown

The Nord Stream gas pipeline project in the Baltic Sea is entering an intensive period of activity.

Production

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.

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.

Rigs/Vessels

Caspian jackup gets new identity

Eurasia Drilling Co. (EDC) has renamed its Trident 20 jackup Saturn.

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.

Russia Offshore Oil & Gas News

Statoil, Rosneft agree far Russian north joint venture

Rosneft and Statoil have agreed to jointly explore offshore fields in the Russian sectors of the Barents Sea and the Sea of Okhotsk.

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.

Eurasia drilling fleet fully engaged in Caspian Sea

Eurasia Drilling Co. (EDC) has provided an overview of its activity to date in 2012 in the Caspian Sea.