Schlumberger opens technology hub in Russia

Schlumberger Russia has opened the Schlumberger Technology Hub on the campus of the Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas (GRSU).
The Technology Hub brings together experts in the oil and gas industry to work on projects related to geological and geophysical exploration, field development, drilling, well logging, completions, and production optimization.

Experts will advise and assist in designing optimal technological solutions and will help find answers to the complex, multidisciplinary challenges that arise in production, field development, and exploitation. They will also participate in training technical oil field experts and will engage GRSU students and professors in activities.

"This Technology Hub is unique," GRSU Head, Albert Vladimirov, said. "It is created on the premises of the country's leading specialized oil and gas educational establishments. It is staffed with recognized experts. And its potential customers are the major producing companies. This combination will, I'm sure, provide the best technical and technological solutions for the highly complicated challenges of the Russian oil and gas industry."

The Technology Hub is one of several joint projects between Schlumberger Russia and the GRSU. In 2002, the company and the university established the NExT series of refresher courses for oil and gas industry specialists. And recently, under a new agreement, Schlumberger began installing powerful workstations equipped with the latest Schlumberger software in one of the university's newly renovated classrooms.

9/13/04