
The State Duma Approved the Zeroing of the Mineral Extraction Tax for the Novatek Project in Yamal
The State Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes supported the adoption in the first reading of a bill establishing a zero severance tax rate for gas produced in Yamal and Gydan for the production of ammonia and hydrogen. It can be submitted to the State Duma on May 31. The …

Gazprom Neft, Repsol and Shell Join Forces to Develop a Major Exploration Cluster in the Gydan Peninsula
Gazprom Neft, Repsol and Shell have signed a memorandum of understanding at this year’s St Petersburg International Economic Forum on establishing a joint venture to develop the Leskinsky and Pukhutsyayakhsky license blocks on the Gydan Peninsula. The document was signed by Vadim Yakovlev, First Deputy CEO, Gazprom Neft, Tomás García Blanco, E&P Executive Managing Director, Repsol, and Cederic Cremers, …
NOVATEK Obtains New License Areas on the Gydan Peninsula
OAO NOVATEK announced today that its subsidiary OOO NOVATEK-Yurkharovneftegas obtained the right to explore and appraise licenses for the West-Solpatinskiy, North-Tanamskiy and Nyavuyahskiy license areas located in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Region in the central part of the Gydan peninsula. The license duration is seven years. As of 1 January 2016, …