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The Prirazlomnaya platform. The only production platform on the Russian Arctic Shelf.
September 13, 2018
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February 01, 2018
The West Hercules semisubmersible rig has been contracted for drilling two exploration wells in the Barents Sea in 2018, and options to drill another five exploration wells.
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October 27, 2017
Russia’s Yamal LNG, set to be the world’s biggest Arctic producer of liquefied natural gas, plans to send its debut cargo to China as thanks for its support.
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July 24, 2017
Italy's Saipem is likely to get a sub-contractor role in a new project to produce liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the Arctic by Russia's Novatek, one of Novatek's partners said.
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July 17, 2017
Russian gas producer Novatek is expected to select Italy's Saipem to build offshore platforms for its second liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in the Arctic, four sources said.
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July 03, 2017
Low oil prices mean drilling for oil and gas in an offshore zone between Russia and Norway will not bring the economic benefits Oslo had predicted, according to a report commissioned by two green groups that are suing the Norwegian state over its plans.
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June 27, 2017
Russia's largest oil producer Rosneft said on Sunday it had found its first oil field in the Laptev Sea in the eastern Arctic, making a breakthrough in the search for hydrocarbons in the harsh and far-flung region despite Western sanctions.
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June 01, 2017
Gazprom Neft has signed a strategic partnership agreement with the State Marine Technical University of St. Petersburg. The document is to support their joint development of domestic technologies to develop the Russian Continental Shelf.
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April 25, 2017
The first-ever, multi-hole “fishbone” well involving multiple horizontal branches has been drilled and commissioned at the Prirazlomnaya offshore rig — the only project on the Russian Arctic shelf at which commercial oil production is currently ongoing.
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March 29, 2017
LUKOIL has developed a new technique to respond to oil spills in the Arctic waters.
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March 29, 2017
Russia can wait for a sustained recovery in oil prices before drilling again in Arctic waters, relying for now on less costly regions even as rival producer Norway accelerates development of its northerly fields.
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January 30, 2017
Gazprom Neft has met its annual production targets at the Prirazlomnaya offshore platform, with a total 2,154,000 tonnes of ARCO (Arctic Oil) being produced at the field in 2016—a more than 2.5-fold increase on 2015 volumes.
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August 11, 2016
Gazpromneft Shelf, a subsidiary of Gazprom Neft, has brought two additional production wells (its third and fourth) into production at Prirazlomnoye field.
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July 2016
It isn’t just about oil
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May 31, 2016
A formal ceremony marking the first year-round shipment of Yamal oil via the Arctic Gates oil-loading terminal took place last week at the Cape Kamenny settlement in Russia's Yamal Peninsula.
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March 23, 2016
March saw the 10-millionth barrel of oil produced at Prirazlomnoye oil field—located on the Russian Arctic Shelf in the Pechora Sea and currently under development by Gazpromneft Shelf.
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March 17, 2016
A revised production schedule for Gazprom Neft’s Prirazlomnoye field has seen the field’s peak production period increased from three years to five.
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December 01, 2015
The millionth tonne of oil has been produced at Prirazlomnoye field, Gazprom Neft, the field’s operator, said. Part of a consignment dispatched on the Mikhail Ulyanov tanker, it will be delivered to customers in North West Europe in early December.
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November 2015
Prices, sanctions and environmental politics chill the air
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October 07, 2015
A re-injection well has been brought into operation on the Prirazlomnaya ice-resistant offshore platform, following drilling operations by Russia’s Gazprom Burenie, Gazprom Neft announced Tuesday.
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August 21, 2015
Gazprom Neft has brought its second well into production at Prirazlomnoye field, with output totaling 1,800 tonnes per day.
