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Rising to the Challenge at SPE Russian Oil and Gas 2008

The challenges facing the Russian oil industry today and the role that technology and new techniques will play are amongst the central issues to come under the spotlight at a major event taking place this October in Moscow.

Vadim Shumkov’s Tyumen Leverages Oil&Gas Riches to Strengthen Economy

Tyumen region – “It’s not just about oil and gas.” So says the literature that the region’s Department for Investment Policy and State Support of Entrepreneurship hands out to investors in English and in Russian languages.

Oil & Gas Eurasia first site to go “live” within BPA’s web traffic tool; beta test continues with 100+ sites tagged

In another step toward the creation of a single standard for web traffic measurement, BPA Worldwide announced Russia-based Oil & Gas Eurasia has become the first web site to “go live” and make its data publicly available through the auditor’s tag-enabled Interactive tool.

Industry Meets in Volgograd to Update GOST and Narrow the ISO 9001 Divide

Russian authorities want to revamp the country’s outdated Soviet-era GOST standard system and bring GOST more into line with Europe’s ISO 9001 industrial rules.

Pushing Boundaries "Gazprom zarubezhneftegaz" Sees No Continental Divides

Zarubezhneftegaz is one of the largest of Gazprom’s companies to carry out exploration and development of overseas fields.

TGS-NOPEC Moscow Explores the Northern Seas of Russia

The era of easy exploration in Russia and the rest of the world could be behind us. Over time more sophisticated exploration methods have been introduced in order to hit oil and/or gas.

Advanced Technology for ESP Motor Protector Seal Bags

Electric submersible pumps are widely used for the production of deep-seated liquid fluids such as oil, water, or mineral fluids. To help with the lubrication of bearings and cooling down of electric motors, dielectric oils are applied.

Making Oil a Family Business Could be Win-Win for Russia

Small and medium oil companies globally comprise an important part of the oil and gas industry. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, small and medium producers drill 90 percent of the oil and gas wells in the U.S.

Shtokman Project: Monitoring the Environment

Gazprom's Management Needs to Look at Post-Crisis Market

Former Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation Vladimir Milov believes that politics have gotten in the way of Gazprom's main task: producing and marketing natural gas to domestic and international consumers.