Prirazlomnoye drilling in 2011?
The Prirazlomnoye project in the Pechora Sea “could be put in production in 2011”, leader of the responsible Gazprom subsidiary said this week.
Talking to journalists in Sankt Petersburg this week, leader of the Gazprom Dobycha Shelf Rudolf Ter-Sarkisov said that “perhaps, we will succeed with drilling a well and launch field production in 2011”, Rbc.ru reports.
The launch of the Prirazlomnoye oil field in the Pechora Sea has been postponed a number of times. The last year, however, Gazprom and its partners in Sevmash have stressed that project production will start in 2011.
Now, also 2011 might be too optimistic.
The Prirazlomnoye oil field is located about 50 km from land in the Pechora Sea, Oilru.com reports. The field has estimated resources of 83,2 million tons and annual production is planned at 6,5 million tons. Two tankers have been specially designed for the project.
When in operation, the Prirazlomnoye will be Russia’s first ever offshore oil field in the Arctic.
