Extra Heavy Crude Oil
KOC to drill 900 wells in Lower Fars heavy crude oil The wholly state-owned Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) is planning to drill more than 900 wells to develop the heavy crude oil lying in the Lower Fars field in the north of Kuwait. Discovered in 1978, the Lower Fars formation belongs to the Ratqa field, […]
QGPE called for two tenders in view of Atlanta FPSO The development of the Block BS-4 is now moving forward with the call for tenders issued by Quieroz Galvao Exploration and Production (QGEP) for two floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels in view of the Atlanta heavy crude oil project in the Santos Basin […]
Rosneft’s Neftegaz signed farm-in agreement with ExxonMobil in Gulf of Mexico deepwater The first week of March gave the opportunity to Rosneft to unveil its objective to go global in multiplying strategic partnerships with leading companies such as ExxonMobil. On March 6th 2013, Rosneft‘s subsidiary Neftegaz America Shelf LP (Nefetgaz) signed with ExxonMobil a Farm-in Agreement […]
Definition Recoverable reserves are defined as the proportion of resources, here oil and gas, that can be technically, economically and legally possible to extract. The recoverable reserves may also be called proven reserves. Comments The recoverable reserves may be far different from the total resources called total Petroleum Initially-In-Place (PIIP). This Petroleum Initially-In-Place (PIIP) is an estimation resulting from exploration campaign […]
Definition SAGD is the acronym of Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage. The Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage is a process to produce oil from tar-sands. Comments The SAGD process has been developed in Ontario, then in Alberta by Imperial Oil (ExxonMobil) in the years 1970s. Canada holds the most important reserves of extra heavy crude oil, also called […]
After ExxonMobil and ENI, Rosneft extends its domino strategy to Statoil Rosneft and Statoil signed a cooperation agreement to jointly explore offshore and onshore fields in the Russian sections The cooperation agreement also provides Rosneft with an opportunity to acquire interests in selected Statoil exploration licences and assets in the North Sea as well as […]
Definition Heavy crude oil and extra heavy crude oil is any type of crude oil which does not flow easily. Physically heavy crude oil have higher viscosity and density or specific gravity with an heavier molecular composition Heavy crude oil has been defined as any liquid petroleum with an API gravity less than 20°. Extra Heavy crude oil have an API gravity […]
