– A large oil field was discovered in the Arctic Sea from the Russian oil giant Rosneft and the American Exxon Mobil. To make known was the Russian company, which renamed it Pobeda (Victory). The field has exceptional resources amounting to one billion barrels of oil and 338 billion cubic meters of gas. But the joint venture weigh US sanctions imposed on the group after the Russian crisis in Ukraine.
In a joint venture by $ 3.2 billion, Rosneft and Exxon began work on drilling in the summer and have continued up to now, despite the US Treasury has imposed sanctions on Russian company due to the crisis in Ukraine.
The CEO of Rosneft, Igor Sechin, himself subject to the sanctions the United States, is visibly pleased. “It is beyond our expectations. E ‘a victory for all, achieved thanks to our friends and partners such as Exxon Mobil, North Atlantic Drilling, Schlumberger, Halliburton, Weatherford, Baker, Trendsetter, Fmc.”
Geologists have followed with great interest in the project and consider the area of the Arctic Ocean the largest unexplored reserves of crude oil.
On the Russian-American collaboration weigh now the sanctions that the United States has imposed on Russia, which prohibit American companies to participate in joint ventures in the Russian Arctic Sea from 10 October.
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