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Western drilling and workover technologies on the Russian Shelf

16.06.2014

From 3 June to 6 June 2014, Oil and Gas Engineering Academy’s SPE student chapter based in Sochi hosted a series of meetings with Kirill Bogachev, drilling supervisor at “Sakhalin Energy”. During the meetings, Kirill told the young specialists about Sakhalin-2 project and about innovative solutions employed by the operator on the three platforms in the Sea of Okhotsk and at Russia’s first LNG plant. These technologies allow for uninterrupted and safe production – safe both for the rig personnel and the flora and fauna of Sakhalin’s northeast shelf which includes gray whales and Steller’s sea eagles to name a few.

On another note, Kirill discussed with the members of the OGE Academy’s SPE student chapter how Russian and Western offshore drilling and workover standards compare. Operators have only been drilling on the Russian shelf for less than two decades and have adopted many western technologies and practices. What is the meaning of such international concepts as "two barrier rule", “well integrity” and “seal failure mode”? How can we minimize the risks of accidents and blowouts during drilling and workover by adopting various principles used in the West for cementing and casing design, selection of BOP equipment and downhole control systems? This and many other questions were addressed by Kirill Bogachev, a graduate of Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas, Texas A&M University, formerly BP’s completion engineer, and an employee of “Sakhalin Energy” since 2012. For OGE’s MSc students who are used to working with the North Sea and Gulf of Mexico specialists, this was the first the meeting with a petroleum engineer who has practical experience working in subarctic conditions of the Russian shelf.

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