ExxonMobil began production at the Arkutun-Dagi field, off Russia.
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Arkutun-Dagi is part of the multi-billion-dollar Sakhalin-1 project, which also includes the Chavyo and Odoptu fields and is the last of the three fields to be developed. It is located off the northeast coast of Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East.
Peak daily production from the field is expected to reach 90,000bbl and will bring total daily production at Sakhalin-1 to more than 200,000bbl.
ExxonMobil says that production from Sakhalin-1’s Arkutun-Dagi field will be routed through the existing Chayvo onshore processing facility on Sakhalin Island and delivered through pipelines to the De-Kastri oil export terminal located in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia.
The other two fields – Chayvo and Odoptu – began production in 2005 and 2010, respectively.
In September, production from the northern tip of the Chayvo field began. Rosneft President Igor Sechin said that Chayo will produce about 1.5 million-tonne of oil annually, with the northern tip of the field containing more than 15 million-tonne of oil and 13Bcm of gas. Production drilling began in May. Drilling operations in the shallow water area are being carried out by Yastreb shore rig, which is currently drilling a second, 11km well. Rosneft said there will be five wells in total.
The Odoptu field has a flowline that transports the field's oil and gas to the Chayvo onshore processing facility. From there, oil is sent to the De-Kastri Terminal for tanker shipment to the international market and gas is stabilized for either domestic supply or for reinjection into the field to maintain reservoir pressure.
Exxon Neftegas Ltd. is the Sakhalin-1 consortium operator with 30% interest. Partners include Sakhalin Oil and Gas Development (30%) and affiliates of Russian state-owned Rosneft: RN-Astra (8.5%), Sakhalinmorneftegas-Shelf (11.5%) and ONGC Videsh (20%).
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