Project Profile
Value: Undisclosed
Location: South Kara Sea, Offshore Siberia, Russia
Reserves: 130 mln tons of oil and 499 bcm of gas (gas field Pobeda)
Area: 125,000sq km
Start-up year: -
Duration of exploration stage – 10 years; key requirements include 3,000 km of 2D seismic and 4,100 sq. km of 3D seismic by the end of 2016 and drilling of 6 exploration wells (2 wells at each block) by the end of 2020. First well likely to be drilled in 2015 at the East Prinovozemelsky-1 block. In December 2014, State commission on reserves confirmed the fact of discovery of the new arctic oil and gas field Pobeda on the Kara sea shelf. The field was discovered as the result of the drilling of the northernmost well in the world – the Universitetskaya-1 well. The expert commission accepted the fact of discovery of the Pobeda field and advised FSI RPE Rosgeolfond to register the oil and gas field Pobeda on government accounting with recoverable reserves of 130 mln tons of oil and 499 bcm of gas.
Operators:
Rosneft: Operator with 66.67% interest
BP: 33.33% interest
Contractors:
Dalmorneftegeophysica: 3D seismic survey
WesternGeco: Supply advanced technologies
MAGE: 2D seismic survey