Exxon Mobil Corp. said Monday it has begun producing from the third and final field of its Russian Sakhalin-1 project.
The Sakhalin-1 project is a joint venture with several Russian oil and gas companies and is operated by Exxon Neftegas Ltd. The third field, Arkutun-Dagi, is expected to reach a peak production of 90,000 barrels per day, Exxon Mobil said in its announcement.
Exxon Neftegas owns a 30 percent interest in the field and Japan’s Sakhalin Oil and Gas Development Co. Ltd. holds another 30 percent interest. India’s ONGC Videsh Ltd. also holds a 20 percent interest and several affiliates of Russian state-owned oil company Rosneft hold the remaining 20 percent.
The Sakhalin-1 project’s other two fields, the Chayvo and Odoptu fields, began production in 2005 and 2010. Combined, the entire project produces more than 200,000 barrels per day.
Exxon Mobil’s Russian ventures recently have run up against U.S. sanctions on Russia following conflict in Ukraine. In September, Exxon Mobil said it would wind down operations at a Kara Sea venture with Rosneft in response to U.S. sanctions.
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1977: Odoptu field identified as holding potential oil and/or gas reserves, followed by Chayvo (1979) and Arkutun-Dagi (1989)
1996: Production Sharing Agreement for the project becomes effective
1995-2000: Exploration period includes the drilling of seven appraisal wells and acquisition of more than 1,200 square kilometers of three-dimensional seismic data
2001: Sakhalin-1 Consortium declares the project commercial and the Russian Federation approves the declaration, formally ending the exploration period
2004: Russian government approves the Technical and Economic Substantiation for Construction, allowing Sakhalin-1 to begin full-scale construction of project facilities
2005: Production startup at the Chayvo field in October
2006: Sakhalin-1 oil transportation system commissioned in August
2007: Exxon Neftegas Limited has completed drilling of the Z-11 (11,282 m.) extended reach well at the Chayvo field in April
2008: Z-12 well drilled at the Chayvo field in February, setting a new world record for extended reach drilling (11,680 meters)
2008: International Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC) recognizes Sakhalin-1 with it’s Excellence in Project Integration Award in December
2009: Drilling at the Odoptu field begins in May, highlighting the start of the next phase of Sakhalin-1
2009: Sakhalin-1’s De-Kastri Oil Export Terminal named
2009 Terminal of the Year by IV Annual International Congress in November
2010: Production startup at the Odoptu field in September
2011: OP-11 well declared at Odoptu field in January, setting a new world record for extended reach drilling at a total measured depth of 12,345 meters (7.67 miles). The OP-11 well also sets a world record with a horizontal reach of 11,475 meters (7.13 miles)
2011: De-Kastri Oil Export Terminal celebrates its fifth anniversary of safe tanker loadings in September
2012: Sakhalin-1 loads 500th tanker with crude oil at the De-Kastri Terminal in Khabarovsk Krai, in April
2012: Sakhalin-1 completes and installs gravity-based structure (GBS) for the Arkutun-Dagi platform Berkut, offshore Northeast Sakhalin
2012: Sakhalin-1 Project breaks own record for drilling world`s longest extended-reach well Z-44 (12.376 m.) at the Chayvo field, offshore Russian Far East in August
2012: Sakhalin-1 gas supplies to Khabarovsk Krai region reach 10 billion cubic meters in November
2012: Inauguration of Technical Oil and Gas Institute of Sakhalin State University in December
2013: Exxon Neftegas Limited, on behalf of the Sakhalin-1 consortium, made a US $5 million contribution to the healthcare and education of Sakhalin Oblast in January
2014: Z-40 well declared at Chayvo field in April, setting a new world record for extended reach drilling at a total measured depth of 13,000 meters
2014: Berkut platform’s topsides successfully installed at Arkutun-Dagi field in June
2015: Exxon Neftegas Limited announced it began production at the Arkutun-Dagi field
http://www.offshoreenergytoday.com/ale-breaks-world-record-with-arkutun-dagi-topside-load-out/ ALE Heavylift has completed another world record with the load-out of the 47,830t Arkutun Dagi topside. This weight, which was the combination of the 42,695t topside positioned on a 5,135t load-out support frame is the heaviest to be loaded-out in the world.
The topside will be located in the Arkutun Dagi field off the east coast of Russia; the development is expected to be the largest oil and gas production platform in Russia where the first oil is scheduled to be produced within the next 12 months.
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http://www.offshoreenergytoday.com/van-oord-sovcomflot-recognised-for-arkutun-dagi-gbs-project-russia/
Van Oord and its Russian joint venture partner Sovcomflot have won the Rusprix Award 2013. The award recognises the successful completion of the Arkutun Dagi Gravity Based Structure project off the coast of Sakhalin Island. This project involved installing 160,000-tonne concrete foundation for a platform and additional work such as ballasting, grouting and installing erosion protection, carried out for Exxon Neftegas Limited.
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