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Taking a Shortcut. Valve actuator manufacturers are more often entering the Russian market directly

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Holidays On Hold

In return for breaks, the government is expected to introduce a number of limits on the oil industry. Repealing the zero-rate export duty on crude produced at 22 fields in East Siberia – for which the Russian Finance Ministry has been fighting long and hard – is being delayed for an indeterminate period. Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin explained yesterday, the “current regime” will be applied until all interested agencies have finally agreed their positions. This means extended tax breaks for the oil industry could be clouded by the introduction of a number of limits and burdens.

Featured Article

Shale Gas can be a “Game Changer” for North America

The “shale gale” sweeping across North America the past few years has more than doubled the size of the discovered natural gas resource in North America—enough to satisfy more than 100 years of consumption at current rates, according to a major new analysis of the leading unconventional gas plays in North America by IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates (IHS CERA).

Today's Headlines

Yevgeniy Bakulin Tapped to Head Naftogaz Ukrayiny

Gazprom and Sakha Meet on Production Center

Tatneft Approves Superviscous Facility

Yazev: Russia Must Diversify Gas Transit

Slavneft Sees Growth in Audited Proven Reserves

RWE, SOCAR Sign MOU on Nakhichevan

TNK-BP Plans Production Increase

Gazprom Neft Reports Full Year 2009 Results

Tech Trends

V-Cone Flow Meter Proves Itself As Economical Solution For Oil/Gas Applications

Key Pump Standards Recognize Composition of DuPont™ Vespel® CR-6100 Parts

Fugro Unveils New Product for Subsea Simulation

Saudi Aramco Awards Baker Hughes Contract for Coiled Tubing Drilling Systems

GE Oil & Gas Strengthens Portfolio with Downhole Oilfield Technology

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Ultra-Lightweight Hollow Glass Spheres Improve Performance in Underbalanced Drilling

Today many oil and gas fields around the world enter the early stages of depletion after years of continuous production. This, in turn, potentially prevents the maximum recovery from such fields.

Taking a Shortcut. Valve actuator manufacturers are more often entering the Russian market directly

Russia’s electric actuators market has been greatly influenced by the post-Soviet change of the economic system and conversion programs in some industries. However, the key contributor to creating the new market was the dismantling of the design-production-standardization chain and industrial equipment control.

Research History of Lake Baikal Gas Hydrates (Part 2)

The second technological expedition “Baikal Hydrates 2009” visited the lake on June 24-28, 2009. The expedition was headed by Gazprom VNIIGAZ deputy general directors Anatoly Alisov and Dmitry Lyugai.

Future Belongs to Smart Valves

Modern global trends in development of automatic process control devices for measurement systems, such as flow measurement, pressure and temperature gauges, require further improvement of actuators, the key tool of any such system.

Talakan Oil Flows into the Pacific

The long-awaited launch of the first stage of the Eastern Siberia – Pacific Ocean (VSTO) oil pipeline took place on Dec. 28

ISOJET Technology Reduces Well Completion Time

LLC Trican Well Service offers a new technology in the Russian market – abrasive jet perforation of production casing with application of coiled tubing followed by fracturing treatment.

Russian Pipe Mills Prosper in Sheltered Environment

Russia’s large diameter pipe producers are pressing ahead as boldly as ever. Supported and protected by the government, they are expanding capacity, widening their product range, improving quality, developing service divisions and generally surviving despite the odds.

Russian domestic pipeline-valve manufacturing dwindles 50 percent in two years, and the slump seems far from over

New Challenges Test Pipe Makers

VNIIST is Russia's main domestic R & D center for pipeline construction. Its specialists define quality standards of tomorrow, create modern technical policies, promote new technology and conjure up the pipelines of the future. Georgy Makarov, Ph.D in Sciences, professor, deputy general director for Science at VNIIST Institute LLC discusses new ideas and technologies with Oil&Gas Eurasia.

Gazprom, The Unlikely Environmental Evangelist

The quality of drinking water in France or Texas is not something you’d expect to be troubling a top executive from one of the world’s mightiest energy companies–Russia’s Gazprom.

The Chinese factor

The crisis in Russia has not had an especially strong effect on Moscow's closest neighbors, a report by the Center for Macroeconomic Studies (CMS) reads. While in the past the commonly held view in Moscow has been that Russia determines the weather” in CIS states, the shifting balance in the global economy portends a necessary adjustment will need to be made in the Kremlin’s economic policies in the region.

Opinion & Analysis

Happy New Year 2010 and Happy Birthday Oil&Gas Eurasia! Ten Years in Russia and We Survived!
Pat Davis Szymczak

Let’s Get “Catty” about 2010 and Greet New Year with a Roar!
Pat Davis Szymczak

Look Ahead to October 2010, Answer SPE ROG’s “Call for Papers” Now
Pat Davis Szymczak

Chewing the Fat on Greasing Business Relations with Salo
Pat Davis Szymczak

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Industry Wires

Northeast Natural Energy Acreage in the Marcellus Shale
http://www.oilvoice.com/

Statoil Reports Increased Oil Production from Oseberg
http://www.oilvoice.com/

Fourth Borei-class submarine to be modernized
http://www.barentsobserver.com/

Suburban Propane Partners prices $250M note offer
http://www.topix.net/

UKWEC Launched Following Energy Institute/BEA Merger
http://www.oilvoice.com/

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