Editor's Letter

If ROI Matters to You, OGE is Here to Help

I think that many of you right now are planning your advertising budgets for 2008. So, I’d like to talk a bit about “Return on Investment” (ROI).
Some clients think they measure ROI by counting phone calls they get (or don’t get) after placing a 1/8th size ad in the cheapest publication...

Gazprom Ceded to Turkmenistan in Gas Talks

Turkmenistan and Gazprom signed a Supplementary Contract on natural gas supply from Turkmenistan, which increase the price for gas

Weatherford Builds on Strong Basics

Weatherford’s Man in Russia Shoots for a “Hole in One”

Russia’s $10 bln-plus oilfield service market could, according to some estimates, expand by a factor of 10 or more over the next decade.

Landmark Sails “Back to the USSR” to Showcase New Software Advances

The IT market has been experiencing sweeping growth.  To keep pace with the times and promptly inform customers of impending changes, the Landmark company, a leader in developing software for Russia’s oil and gas industry and division of Halliburton, holds annual meetings for IT professionals.

Landmark Eurasia Supplies Fully Integrated Solutions

An Interview with Konstantin Schilin, Director General, Landmark Eurasia

Invensys and SAP Jointly Innovate Production and Management Interaction

Enterprise control systems promise to provide seamless integration and data exchange with Enterprise Resource Planning Systems

Integra’s New Cementing Unit Has No Analogues in Russia

Stromneftemash, a member of Uralmash-VNIIBT Group (the management company for all engineering assets of Integra Group), is ready to launch production of a new generation cementing. The full name is the UNBS2-600x70 Portable Cementing Unit.

“It was the last December, when we saw the drawings of the new unit”

Interview with Andrei Budko, First Deputy General Director of Burgaz company (one of the major client of Integra Group – editor’s note)

E&P Update

PVT Properties Determination for the Problem of Nonisothermic Filtration of High-Viscous Oil and Its Solutions

Continued from Part 1 published in OGE #8, 2007

TNK-BP Supply Chain Team Triumphs At European Excellence Awards

The awards for TNK-BP were won for Supply Chain Excellence by the Supply Chain Re-Engineering team in the categories of: Team of the Year and Public Sector, Energy & Utilities

Turkey and Greece Open Pipeline For Caspian Gas

Turkey and Greece opened the US$440 million Turkey-Greece Natural Gas Pipeline, giving Caspian gas direct access to the European Union market for the first time

Government Allocates Over 6 bln USD for Russian Petchem Development till 2015

The strategy of petrochemistry and chemistry development in Russia till 2015 will be approved in the 1st quarter of 2008

USGS Assesses Russian Arctic Hydrocarbon Reserves

The Laptev Sea shelf underneath Russia's Arctic waters holds an estimated 9.3 billion barrels of oil equivalent and 32.3 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in undiscovered resources, the U.S. Geological Survey said.