Rosneft and its partner Statoil have started drilling on the Ulberikanskayaat prospect in the Lisiansky license in the Sea of Okhotsk.
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The Nanhai_9 rig, from Rosneft. |
Well Ulberikanskaya-1 will be drilled one year ahead of the license obligations using the Nanhai-9 semisubmersible drilling rig in about 150m water depth. The Sea of Okhotsk lies south of the Arctic zone boundary.
The well is about 420km from the port of Magadan. A second well will be also drilled this year within Magadan-1 section in the Sea of Okhotsk.
In addition to the drilling of two exploration and appraisal wells, Rosneft says the pair plan to acquire more than 26,000km of 2D seismic; more than 2000sq km of 3D seismic; 67,000sq km airborne geophysical surveys and a number of other jobs this year.
In 2014, Arctic exploration and appraisal well 1-Universitetskaya was successfully drilled in the Kara Sea, making the Pobeda oil and gas discovery, proving oil and gas potential in the north Kara petroleum province; operations are in progress at the northern tip of Chayvo field in the Sea of Okhotsk.
In 2012, Rosneft and Statoil entered into a cooperation agreement to jointly explore areas of the Russian shelf, and for Rosneft to join in the exploration of the Norwegian shelf. Under the agreement, the companies set up joint ventures, completed a series of exploration operations including 2D and 3D seismic and geotechnical surveys.
Rosneft chairman of the management board Igor Sechin said: “Rosneft is the country’s only company that continues the work on new projects offshore in accordance with its license obligations despite the complicated external environment. We are pleased to commence the key stage of project within the scope of the long-term cooperation with our partner – Statoil – the drilling of exploration wells in the Sea of Okhotsk."
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