Talking at an oil and gas conference in Sakhalin last week, a high-ranking official in the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources confirmed that Gazprom and Rosneft have submitted applications to 43 offshore structures, B-port.com reports. Among the licenses which now are soon ready to be granted to companies is reportedly the Yuzhno-Russkoye field in the Barents Sea.
The official, Denis Khrapov, also said that Gazprom in the period 2009-2010 had been granted four new offshore licenses, while Rosneft in the same period had got only one.
Khromov also said that a total of 45 licenses have until now been granted. Of them, Rosneft has got 11 licenses, Gazprom – nine, Lukoil – six and five on production sharing agreements in the Sakhalin region.
