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 development of the first phase of the Shtokman project was on the agenda when Gazprom Deputy Aleksandr Ananenkov today met with owner representatives of the Shtokman Development AG.
Prosecutors in Murmansk are pressing charges against mayor of Teriberka, the hub for the giant Shtokman project. Valery Yarantsev is suspected of having neglected his official duties.
Geological samples collected at Novaya Zemlya by the early 20th centrury explorer Olaf Holtedahl could provide valuable information about the hydrocarbon potential of the Barents Sea.
Defence authorities have approved plans for a new wind power plant in Malå, northern Sweden. Defence officials long believed that the 22 windmill park would hamper flight activities in the area.
The Shtokman project can enter a phase of actual engineering and construction works in March 2011, a representative of the Shtokman Development AG confirms.
Russia’s biggest oil company, the state-owned Rosneft, this week invited the BP and Total to discussions on a possible partnership on the Russian shelf.
The resource estimates for the oil field Medynskoe-more in the Pechora Sea have been increased by 75 percent to a total of 133,9 million tons. That makes the field almost twice as big as Gazprom’s nearby Prirazlomnoye field.
