Billions are invested in the Zvezda yard outside Vladivostok to make it capable of meeting Russia’s growing demand for ice-protected ships and platforms.
- Despite the differences in on- and off shore extraction in Norway and Komi, we share thematic challenges in terms of environmental and social responsibilities, said Anton Fridman, Minister of Industry and Energy of the Komi Republic, at a seminar last week in Syktyvkar.
A revised investment programme shows that Gazprom this year ups investments with almost 50 percent to a record-beating 1,27 trillion RUB (29 billion EUR).
Deputy Director of Arktikmorneftegazrazvedka, owner of the Kolskya jack-up rig that overturned and sank during towing last December, has been fired after the prosecutors have found that several mistakes were made during the towing operation.
The two companies could invest $35-40 billion in developing fields in the Barents Sea in a new joint-venture where Statoil will get 33,4 percent of the shares, according to the landmark agreement signed in Moscow on Saturday.
