27-09-14 14:59 h – Source: Reuters
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A Russian oil platform in the Petsjorazee, near the Arctic Circle. © Reuters
The Russian state oil company Rosneft is in its controversial drilling at an oil field in the waters encountered along with the American Exxon Mobil oil north of Russia. “The first oil is extracted, the find is above our expectations,” said Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin today
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Field According to him, good for 1 billion barrels of oil, similar to the amount of oil in the American part of the Gulf of Mexico. Further work is being hampered because of Western sanctions against Russia. These measures prohibit American oil companies to assist in the exploitation of oil fields in the Arctic.
Exploratory
The American Exxon Mobil and the Russian state company Rosneft began in August with exploratory drilling Russia in the Kara Sea north of Siberia. Operations in the Arctic apply to both sides as an important opportunity for new oil fields.
Sechin said today that the oil in the field can be achieved. Upward within five to seven years He wants the oil field named ‘Pobeda’ give, Russian for victory.
Both Sechin and Rosneft are on the American list of economic sanctions. Thus Rosneft include denied access to the American financial market
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