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.
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.
I would like companies like Schlumberger and Halliburton to listen to what we have to offer in the Arctic, the Rosneft President told an audience of US. oilmen.
