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.
Amid major expectations for a new significant oil and gas discovery in the Barents Sea, the Eni company confirms that the recently drilled Kobbe well in the area is dry.
Sovcomflot has estimated the price-tag for the LNG-tankers needed. At the SevTEK exhibition in Murmansk this week, both the Governor and a Shtokman Development official said the construction of the onshore facilities in Teriberka will start in May next year.
The Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy is ready to take drilling rigs towards the North Pole. On his way, he is likely to meet angry fishermen and environmentalists.
The troubled oil platform “Scarabeo 8” heeled while drilling for Eni at the Salina field in the Norwegian sector of the Barents Sea Tuesday afternoon. Situation is now under control, the company informs.