en.Wedoany.com Reported - Russia's Gazprom Neft has completed testing of its first domestically produced downhole tractor, a robotic system designed for horizontal well maintenance and geophysical research. The equipment reduces costs by 20% while ensuring the quality of complex downhole technical operations.

This downhole robot is equipped with an intelligent control system that monitors key parameters critical for high-precision deep well operations, including equipment position, speed, temperature, and ambient pressure. During actual operations at the Novoportovskoye oil field in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, the robotic system demonstrated high efficiency under complex technical processes and ensured the accuracy of the geophysical data obtained.

Gazprom Neft plans to expand the application of this robotic system to downhole operations at its oil fields in Western and Eastern Siberia. Bogdan Kostyuk, head of the company's technology development department, stated that developing complex Arctic oil fields requires advanced extraction methods and innovative geophysical exploration systems. The company not only adopts existing industry solutions but also supports promising projects and initiates independent research and development, with company experts involved in the design and testing of the downhole robot. He believes that the synergy between production expertise and R&D team capabilities has created this advanced solution, which is significant for the company's application tasks and the domestic energy industry.