"The work at the Universitetskaya field is going in accordance to plans. We are satisfied with the decision from the American regulator that has authorized [Exxon's participation]… In the case that the regulator had not authorized Exxon to work at the field, Rosneft had its own plan and was ready to continue work on its own," Kalanda said.
"If Rosneft continued to work on the Universitetskaya project [independently] leading up to the field's commercial opening, partners would be required to enter a new round of negotiations to rejoin the project," she added.
Kalanda declined to comment on the exact date in which the drilling operations in the Kara Sea would finish.
"I would prefer not to name specific dates," she said, adding that, while adopting the work plan for the field, the company's specialists took into account the fact that there was little time to do the drilling.
In 2011, Rosneft signed a cooperation agreement with ExxonMobil to develop the East Prinovozemelsky blocks in the Kara Sea. In exchange for a share of 33 percent of the development in the Kara Sea, Exxon agreed to cover the majority of costs associated with exploratory drilling, which totaled more than $3.2 billion. Estimated recoverable oil resources in the three Kara Sea blocks stand at 6.2 billion tons, according to Rosneft.
Earlier, Exxon said it would assess the impact that western sanctions against Russia may have on their cooperation with Rosneft.
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20/9/14
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Le géant pétrolier américain ExxonMobil a bloqué des dix projets conjoints avec le russe Rosneft à cause des sanctions décrétées par les Etats-Unis contre la Russie, annonce ITAR-TASS....
ReplyDelete"L'accord de partenariat stratégique entre ExxonMobil et Rosneft prévoit la réalisation d'une dizaine de projets conjoints, concernant notamment la prospection et l'extraction du pétrole sur le plateau continental de la mer Noire, en Arctique et en Sibérie occidentale. ExxonMobil a arrêté neuf de ces dix projets avant la date butoir, à savoir le 26 septembre", a dit le porte-parole de la compagnie.
Rosneft et ExxonMobil ont commencé le forage du puits Universitetskaya-1, le plus septentrional en Russie, le 9 août, à l'aide de la plateforme West Alpha.
Le 12 septembre, les Etats-Unis ont décrété de nouvelles sanctions antirusses à cause de la situation en Ukraine. Elles ont touché cinq compagnies énergétiques russes : Gazprom, Gazprom Neft, Lukoil, Sourgoutneftegaz et Rosneft. Il est désormais interdit de leur livrer des produits, des services et des technologies nécessaires pour extraire du pétrole dans les zones difficilement accessible, en Arctique ou dans les couches de schiste
Lire la suite: http://french.ruvr.ru/news/2014_09_30/Sanctions-ExxonMobil-arrete-neuf-des-dix-projets-conjoints-avec-Rosneft-1899/
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