More Russia Offshore Oil Field Development News

Gazprom plans to start gas production this year from the Kirinskoye gas/condensate field offshore Sakhalin Island, under the Sakhalin III project.

Construction is under way on offshore oil and gas facilities for Lukoil’s V. Filanovsky field in the Russian sector of the Caspian Sea.

Lukoil has ordered a riser platform and residential module platform for installation at the northern Caspian Sea’s Vladimir Filanovsky oil field in 2012-14.

The ice-resistant stationary platform for Gazprom’s Neftshelf’s Prirazlomnoye field development in the Pechora Sea offshore Russia in the Arctic has reached its location, 60 km (37 mi) offshore.

Tow is underway of an ice-resistant platform to Gazprom neft’s Prirazlomnoye field in the Russian sector of the Barents Sea.

The ice-resistant fixed platform for Gazprom’s Prirazlomnoye field off northern Russia is nearing completion.

Gazprom plans to drill two gas production wells this year on the Kirinskoye field, 28 km (17.4 mi) offshore Sakhalin Island in the Sea of Okhotsk.

Engineering, design, construction, and installation of offshore production systems will continue to increase as the number of offshore installations increases worldwide.

Gazprom and Ukraine’s government have agreed to form a joint venture for development of the Palasa structure in the Black Sea.

Gazprom has contracted WorleyParsons for front-end engineering design (FEED) services for the Shtokman development phases 2 and 3 in the Barents Sea.

Lundin Petroleum hopes to resume appraisal of its Morskaya oil discovery in the Russian sector of the Caspian Sea.

Santos is reporting that new gas supplies will be going to Western Australia from the Halyard field if plans are fulfilled. The Halyard and Spar fields are operated by Apache Energy Ltd.

JSC KazMunaiGas Exploration Production (KMG EP) has agreed to farm into 35% of BG-operated license P1722 in the UK central North Sea, containing the White Bear prospect.

Dragon Oil has issued an update on its facilities expansion program in the Cheleken Contract Area fields in the Turkmen sector of the Caspian Sea.

Dockwise has completed the first of two float-overs for the new Vyborg semisubmersible drilling rigs project.

LUKOIL has produced first oil from its RUR 34.3 billion Yu. Korchagin field development in the Russian sector of the Caspian Sea.

LUKOIL has signed a cooperation agreement with the government of the region of Astrakhan, southern Russia.

The ACG partnership has taken a final investment decision to proceed with the $6-billion development of the Chirag oil field in the Azerbaijan section of the Caspian Sea, according to partner Statoil.

The Shtokman Development AG partners Gazprom, Total, and Statoil have been reviewing progress towards a Final Investment Decision (FID) for the project in the Russian Barents Sea.

Noble Denton has provided marine warranty services for the transportation and installation of two offshore platforms on the Yuri Korchagin oil field for LUKOIL.

J. Ray McDermott’s Caspian subsidiary has completed the installation of offshore facilities at the Yuri Korchagin field for OOO LUKOIL-Nizhnevolzhskneft.

Lukoil has assembled a 74.2-m (243-ft) bridge joining two offshore ice-resistant fixed platforms on the Yu. Korchagin field in the Caspian Sea.

LUKOIL has started the next phase of development at the Yu Korchagin field in the Caspian Sea.