From 19 to 24 September in the "Riviera Club. Hotel & SPA" (Anapa) took place the regular annual forum of the project "Black Sea Oil and Gas Conferences" – the 7th International Scientific and Practical Conference "Construction and repair of wells – 2016".

The event was held with the official support of the Ministry of Industry and Energy of Krasnodar Region, the Krasnodar Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Russian Gas Society.

Information support was provided by leading industry publications and Internet resources.

The forum was attended by representatives of leading oil and gas producing companies, service companies, research and design institutes, universities, manufacturers of products for the oil and gas industry: Rosneft, Surgutneftegas, Bashneft, Gazprom Neft PJSC, LLC LUKOIL-Engineering, Schlumberger, VolgogradNIPIneft, Modem Ltd., INK-Service, Packer Service LLC, ZERS Company, AKROS, BITTEKHNIKA LLC, BURINTEKH Ltd, ChelPipe Company, Redaelli SSM and many others.

All reports sounded at the conference aroused genuine interest of the participants and were actively discussed not only in the working sessions, but also after their termination.

One of the key events of the conference was a round table on the topic "Import substitution in the oil and gas industry. Reality and Prospects", moderated by General Director of Nitpo LLC V.M. Stroganov and Production Development Manager of Technological Company Schlumberger LLC S.I. Schipakov.

After the end of the working sessions, participants were given the opportunity to communicate in an informal atmosphere. To this end, the organizers developed a special program, including a banquet and sports tournaments in mini-football, bowling, billiards, and fast chess.

The reports presented at the forum will be published in the Conference Proceedings and a special issue of the journal "Oil. Gas. Novation", dedicated to the past event.