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Russia Offshore Regional Report

Drilling & Completion

Gazprom working on widespread offshore Russia exploration

Gazprom plans to drill two exploratory wells this year offshore Sakhalin Island, eastern Russia.

Itera lines up first well offshore Turkmenistan

Itera Oil and Gas Co. plans to drill its first exploratory well this year in the Turkmen sector of the Caspian Sea.

Gazprom Neft books GSP rig for Barents Sea well

Gazprom Neft has contracted GSP Offshore’s jackup GSP Jupiter to drill in the Pechora Sea offshore northern Russia.

Field Development

Gazprom working on widespread offshore Russia exploration

Gazprom plans to drill two exploratory wells this year offshore Sakhalin Island, eastern Russia.

Caspian barge prepares for V.Filanovsky installations

A transport and installation barge (TIB) has arrived at the Astrakhan floating depot at the northern coast of the Caspian Sea.

LUKOIL set to install Caspian platform foundations

The LOTOS shipyard has completed construction of two platform supporting blocks commissioned by LUKOIL.

Subsea

Saipem to install Filanovsky offshore platforms and infrastructure in the Caspian Sea

LUKOIL-Nizhnevolzhskneft has contracted Saipem to transport and install production facilities related to the Vladimir Filanovsky field in the Russian sector of the Caspian Sea.

Feasibility review launches for northern Russia offshore drilling platform

Rosneft and ExxonMobil have commissioned Vostochniy Offshore Structures Construction Yard (VOSTCO) to conduct a study for a drilling platform in the Kara Sea off northern Russia.

PLET, ILT go into Sea of Okhotsk

JSC Mezhregiontruboprovodstroy has completed a successful installation of 10-in PLET and In-Line Tee (ILT) in the Sea of Okhotsk, Russia, from its specialized PLB Fortuna vessel.

Geology & Geophysics

LUKOIL taps Schlumberger for Caspian field wells

LUKOIL has contracted Schlumberger to design wells for the V. Filanovsky field development in the northern Caspian Sea.

Frontier seismic surveys under way offshore Russian arctic

Rosneft has initiated seismic acquisition surveys in two separate areas offshore northern Russia.

Eni to fund seismic programs offshore Russia

Eni has agreed to fully finance geological studies covering three licenses offshore Russia.

Pipeline & Transportation

Nord Stream opens consultations on additional Baltic gas lines

The Nord Stream consortium has published a project information document (PID) concerning a proposed extension.

Work under way on latest Black Sea gas line system

Gazprom has started work on the South Stream gas pipeline construction project.

South Stream offshore pipeline construction to begin in December

The South Stream Transport board of directors has adopted the final investment decision for the offshore gas pipeline section.

Production

Gazprom plans new LNG plant for Sakhalin gas

Gazprom’s Management Committee has approved the investment rationale for a new LNG plant near Vladivostok in the far east of Russia.

Kentz to support Sakhalin 1 shutdown

Exxon Neftegas has awarded Kentz a shutdown services and operations support contract for the Sakhalin 1 development project offshore eastern Russia.

Kirinskoye development under way offshore eastern Russia

Gazprom has started construction of production wells on the Kirinskoye gas and condensate field offshore Sakhalin Island.

Rigs/Vessels

Caspian barge prepares for V.Filanovsky installations

A transport and installation barge (TIB) has arrived at the Astrakhan floating depot at the northern coast of the Caspian Sea.

Cathodic protection adapted for harsh Caspian conditions

Cathelco is supplying corrosion protection systems for offshore platform foundations under construction for Lukoil’s Filanovsky field development in the Caspian Sea.

Saipem to install Filanovsky offshore platforms and infrastructure in the Caspian Sea

LUKOIL-Nizhnevolzhskneft has contracted Saipem to transport and install production facilities related to the Vladimir Filanovsky field in the Russian sector of the Caspian Sea.

Russia Offshore Oil & Gas News

Rosneft, PetroVietnam partnership to extend upstream link

Rosneft has signed a memorandum of understanding with PetroVietnam to strengthen cooperation between the two oil and gas companies.

Gazprom working on widespread offshore Russia exploration

Gazprom plans to drill two exploratory wells this year offshore Sakhalin Island, eastern Russia.

Caspian barge prepares for V.Filanovsky installations

A transport and installation barge (TIB) has arrived at the Astrakhan floating depot at the northern coast of the Caspian Sea.