Drilling and seismic mapping in a 250 square kilometer area off the coast of the Yamal Peninsula will start this summer, representatives of the Yamal-Nenets regional administration told journalists. Both the Amazon jack-up rig and several specialized vessels will be applied, Sever Press reports.
The operations will be made in the area of the Kharasaveyskoye field, a deposit owned by Gazprom and its subsidiary Gazprom Dobycha Nadym.
Representatives of Gazflot this week held a public hearing on the upcoming operations. The hearing was attended by representatives of the regional administration, several public organizations and reindeer herding communities, Sever Press writes. It was decided that an agreement on the protection of local environment and on the compensation to the local population will have to be concluded by Gazflot and the Yamal-Nenets administration.
The Kharasaveyskoye field is located partly on land in the Yamal Peninsula, partly offshore in the Kara Sea. It holds resources estimated to 1,9 trillion cubic meters of gas.
