Sakhalin Oil and Gas 2014: Kirill Molodtsov – Kara Sea Drilling Continuing Till the 10th of October
Russia’s Rosneft and U.S. ExxonMobil are continuing to drill in the Kara Sea and plan to stop work by Oct. 10, Russian Deputy Energy Minister Kirill Molodtsov said on Tuesday. “They are drilling and will be drilling until Oct. 10. They did have to stop on Sept. 26 but they …
ExxonMobil: Confirms “Wind Down” Universitetskaya Exploration Well
ExxonMobil is complying with all U.S. sanctions. The U.S. Treasury Department, recognizing the complexity of the Universitetskaya-1 well and the sensitive Kara Sea arctic environment, has granted a license to ExxonMobil and other U.S. contractors and persons involved to enable the safe and responsible winding down of operations related to …
Rosneft and ExxonMobil Pause Kara Sea Drilling Due to Sanctions
Exxon and Rosneft oil companies have stopped oil development on the Arctic shelf, Bloomberg reported. Representatives of the Rosneft company have made no comment on Bloomberg’s report. According to Bloomberg, oil development was stopped in connection with the sanctions that the EU has imposed on Rosneft and other Russian companies, …
Dolphin Awarded Industry First Ever 16-streamer Seismic Contract in the Kara Sea
Dolphin Geophysical has been awarded an industry first ever 16-streamer 3D seismic contract for an undisclosed client in the Kara Sea. The contract has a duration of approximately 3 months and will commence in Q2 of 2015. Dolphin will utilise one of the high capacity ice classed 3D seismic vessels …
Rosneft Completely Restored the System of Meteorological Observations in the Kara Sea
As part of a large-scale summer Arctic research expedition “Kara-Summer – 2014” a meteorological station was installed that meets the latest modern requirements for such equipment, on the island of Uedinenie. Thus, the expedition organized by the “Arctic Research and Development Center” (a joint venture of “Rosneft” and ExxonMobil), with …
Rosneft Starts Up Field Work in the Kara Sea
On July 24 this year, research vessel Geolog Dmitry Nalivkin sailed from Kirkenes (Norway) to the Kara Sea. In the next three months 2D seismic survey, will be carried out in the three Vostochno-Prinovozemelsky licenses. The field work will be conducted in the surface area that totals almost 7 thousand …
Rosneft Q1 Figures: Debt Down and Gas Production Doubles
In Q1 2014 Rosneft’s crude oil and liquids production (including production of subsidiaries and proportionately consolidated entities, and the share in production by affiliates) reached 4,189 th. bpd (0.5% growth year-on-year), gas production reached a record-high level of 13.18 bcm (i.e. more than doubled). In Q1 2014 the Company was …
Kara-Summer 2013 Expedition Ends Fieldworks in the Kara Sea
The Kara-Summer 2013 expedition organized by Rosneft in partnership with the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute completed its voyage on August 16, 2013. Experts spent 30 days at sea aboard the Akademik Fyodorov survey vessel owned by the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute. They conducted a large scale met-ocean survey …
PGS and Geology Without Limits Have Acquired a 2D Scientific Survey in the Russian Barents and Kara Seas
Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS), within the framework of an international scientific program, has acquired 8,840 line km of 2D data in the Russian Barents Sea and Kara Sea. The 2D survey, conducted in partnership with Geology Without Limits, began in 2012, using the vessel Akademik Lazarev. This scientific research survey …
Rosneft Bolsters Works at Kara Sea Shelf
Rosneft jointly with the RosHydroMet Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute starts the large-scale program for comprehensive studies of the Kara Sea shelf as part of Kara Sea Summer 2013 Marine Expedition. The Expedition is scheduled for July 12. Full-scale development of the Arctic offshore fields is one of the key …