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.
Gazprom Neft is spending $230 million on the drilling of one well in the Pechora Sea. The Dolginskoye oil will have better quality than oil from the nearby Prirazlomnoye, the company says.
Company Gazprom Neft is unfolding an extensive drilling program at its Yamal field of Novoportovskoye and will soon be able to ship out million tons of additional crude through Arctic waters.
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.
The Russian Ministry of Natural Resources has announced a tender for aerial photography of the northern parts of the East Siberian Ocean to estimate oil and gas reserves in the area and obtain further evidence for the shelf’s outer limits.
Scientists returning from an Arctic expedition to areas where Rosneft and ExxonMobile are planning to start offshore explorations, warn about extreme ice conditions.
