RESEARCH AND DESIGN INSTITUTE OF WELL LOGGING was established in February 1956 as a subsidiary of the All-Union Geophysical Research Institute (VNIIGeophysika).

In 1972 it was reorganized into All-Union Research Institute of Well Logging (Russian abbreviation for it is VNIIGIS).

VNIIGIS has at its disposal a well-developed laboratory basis and a pilot production workshop for manufacturing geophysical equipment.

Our main activities:

  • design, production and selling of well logging equipment for all kinds of minerals, including oil, gas, coal, ore and water;
  • wide range of services in well logging;
  • development of new geophysical theories, methods, techniques and software for geologic and commercial evaluation of deposits as well as estimation of reserves.

    The Institute has made a substantial contribution to the development and production of new geophysical equipment: wireline formation testers and drill coretakers, VSP, LWD and MWD tools, acoustic, density, induction, microlateral logging equipment.

    A group of specialists has been awarded in 1980 the State Prize of the USSR for the development of tools and techniques for formation testing and hydrodynamic parameters evaluation.

    For nearly half a century of its activity, VNIIGIS has offered a wide range of logging tools, equipment and techniques, ensuring a continuous process of well drilling, logging and completion, providing high quality results and geologic environment control.

    We offer:

  • the most up-to-date well logging apparatus and technique development, considering a customer's requirements;
  • well logging using mainly special and unique methods;
  • well logging modern tool manufacturing;
  • software development for well logging data processing and complex interpretation.