Arctic Research and Design Center To fund Polar Bear Study
The Arctic Research and Design Center (the Rosneft and ExxonMobil JV) and the public organization called The Marine Mammals Council have entered in a research-and-development contract for staging polar bear studies in the areas of potential hydrocarbon development projects. Rosneft pays particular attention to preserving and protecting the polar ecosystems. …
Sakhalin’s Birthday: 125 Years Young
An important date for Sakhalin oil: 125 years ago exactly at the territory of present-day Okhinsky district geologic exploration was performed for the first time in Sakhalin oil and gas industry. Since that moment starts a rich history of Sakhalin hydrocarbons production. Business people knew about the presence of the …
Rosneft Started Geological Exploration in the Barents and Pechora Sea
Rosneft has started field works at five license blocks of the Barents and Pechora Seas: West Prinovozemelsky, located in the North-Eastern part of the Barents sea near the Novaya Zemlya archipelago, Perseevsky, located in the North-Western part of the Barents sea, and at the South Russky, South Prinovozemelsky and West …
Rosneft and ExxonMobil Have Installed Unique Berkut Platform on Sakhalin Shelf
Rosneft and ExxonMobil, within the framework of the Sakhalin-1 Consortium, have finished transport operation on transportation and installation of a unique sea drilling platform Berkut, which has the biggest upper part in the world at Arkutun-Dagi on North East shelf of Sakhalin Island. The adjustment works will be finished in …
Rosneft Announcement Regarding Gazprom Position on the Admission of Independent Gas Producers to the Major Gas Pipeline Network
The head of Gazprom Alexey Miller has announced that “Power of Siberia pipeline and export supplies to China were planned only for Gazprom resource base”. This position is completely different from the target of developing Siberia and Far East regions and openly contradicts the current legal system. The argument of …
Rosneft Started Geological Exploration in the Barents and Pechora Sea
Rosneft has started field works at five license blocks of the Barents and Pechora Seas: West Prinovozemelsky, located in the North-Eastern part of the Barents sea near the Novaya Zemlya archipelago, Perseevsky, located in the North-Western part of the Barents sea, and at the South Russky, South Prinovozemelsky and West …
Rosneft and BP Signed a Long-Term Contract for the Delivery of Oil Products on a Pre-Paid Basis
Rosneft and BP Oil International Limited signed a set of agreements designed to organize long-term deliveries of oil products and oil on a pre-paid basis. The terms of transaction provide for export deliveries of oil products with possible substitution with oil of up to 12 million tons within 5 years …
Navigation Сampaign Launched at Vankor
Rosneft subsidiary Vankorneft has launched the navigation campaign on delivery of nearly 400 thousand tons of cargoes via the Bolshaya Kheta River (left tributary of the Yenisei). This year, in addition to traditional cargo transportation at the Vankorskiy production site and the Priluki terminal, the delivery at the Suzunskoye field is …
Rosneft and Statoil Held Negotiations on Further Cooperation and Development of Joint Projects
Rosneft President, Chairman of the Management Board Igor Sechin held negotiations with Statoil CEO Helge Lund. The parties discussed joint projects on geological exploration on the Russian continental shelf in the Barents Sea and the Sea of Okhotsk, and projects on the development of Domanic deposits at the license blocks …
Rosneft, Gazprom, Novatek, Gazprombank, Sovkomflot, USC and Ministry of Industry and Trade Sign JV Agreement To Form Far Eastern Shipbuilding Center
At the 21st World Petroleum Congress Rosneft, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, Gazprom, NOVATEK, Gazprombank, Sovkomflot, United Shipbuilding Corporation signed a Joint Venture Agreement in relation to the implementation of vessel, drilling rig and marine equipment construction and design projects on the 16th of June. The …