One of the most promising fields of RITEK"s activity is design of production enhancement technologies. To this end the company has elaborated a production enhancement method called WAG treatment, which currently undergoes pilot testing.

WAG technology is a profound modernization of invention made by famous oil-well expert I. N. Strizhov back in 1950. He suggested that production of oil fields can be enhanced by highly compressed gas mixed with oil. Theoretically, it should guarantee 100% displacement.

The insufficiency of the suggested method is that it has low coverage factor with poor efficiency of such formation treatment. The leading specialists of RITEK managed to handle the problem, which is proved by the patents of Russia's Federation № 2142045 and № 2238389.  Their decision retains normal coverage factor corresponding to usual water flooding and raises production from 15 - 25% to 30 - 50%.

When WAG technology is applied, the oil is displaced by frontal gas rim of maximal coverage, after which the water is pumped. In this case the gas provides for high displacement rate, while the water helps to keep a high level of displacement coverage.

In Western Siberia there are many deposits of highly compressed gas. Their usage helps to reduce the level of gas compression pumped for flooding by 3-5 times.

To this end RITEK devised the first domestic booster compression unit УБ-400х40 КЭ.  The unit was made to implement the favorite RITEKs method of independent pumping providing for  8-38 MPa gas  compression with the consumption  of 40 000 mn3/day.

The industrial testing of the unit and simultaneous launch of WAG technology began at  RITEK's Vostochno-Perevalnoye Field in 2005. Beside booster compressor unit, which backups gas pumping, a system preventing hydrates deposits in pressure manifolds and well bore was designed.

Tests demonstrated high efficiency of the technology and its technical backup.

WAG technologies providing for simultaneous pumping of water and associated petroleum gas are underway at the moment.