Gazprom Neft: Third Oil Shipment from the Prirazlomnoye Field Delivered to Europe
The Mikhail Ulyanov tanker has delivered the third shipment of Arctic oil (ARCO) produced at the Prirazlomnoye field to consumers in northwestern Europe. Crude shipments from the field totalled approximately 200,000 tonnes in 2014. A fourth tanker is expected to be loaded with the new oil before the year-end. Prirazlomnoye …
Rosneft: Completes Seismic Data Acquisition in East-Siberian Sea Ahead of License Schedule
Rosneft finished a complex of seismic data acquisition on the East-Siberian-1 block in the offshore area of the East-Siberian Sea. The Company carried out seismic data survey independently, the amount of 2D works totaled 2 thousand km. Despite of extremely severe ice conditions this year, all works were carried out …
Rosneft and ExxonMobil’s Karmorneftegaz Start Drilling With West Alpha in the Kara Sea
Rosneft and ExxonMobil joint venture company Karmorneftegaz began drilling of Universitetskaya-1, the Russian Federation’s northernmost well using the Karmorneftegaz rig. The start of the drilling was launched by Russian President Vladimir Putin during a teleconference with head of Rosneft Igor Sechin and head of ExxonMobil Russia Glenn Waller who were both …
The Kara-Winter-2014 Ice Expedition Has Finished Field Studies in the Arctic Ocean
The Kara-Winter-2014 Ice Expedition organized by the Arctic Research and Design Center (a joint venture of Rosneft and ExxonMobil) with expert support from the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute Federal State Budget Institution was successfully finished. It has become the largest expedition in the Arctic Ocean since the USSR collapse. …
VNIIGAZ Offshore Hazards: Assessing the Impact of Icebergs on Offshore Production Platforms
Dmitry A. Onishchenko (Gazprom VNIIGAZ LLC) Part 2 Introduction Resolving the challenge of developing Russia’s offshore oil and gas resources, those on Arctic shelf being first and foremost, requires much scientific research, both theoretical and practical. One of the main challenges is attempting to calculate the ice loads that can …