Advances in Russian offshore building

摘要

The Russian economy's future depends largely on the country's ability to increase oil and gas output. From 1999 to 2002, the annual increase in crude oil production averaged more than 7%, while gas output emerged from a slump and began to rise. In 2003, crude oil output grew by 11% and gas by around 4%. The Russian shelfs hydrocarbon potential is currently considerable. The area's initial combined hydrocarbon resources, including cumulative production as well as recoverable reserves and resources, total 76.4 trillion cubic metres of gas (32% of Russia's total) and 15.1 billion tonnes of crude oil (14%). The vast majority of shelf-based hydrocarbons are concentrated in the Barents Sea and Kara Sea (located in the western Arctic shelf), and in the Sea of Okhotsk (in the Far East shelf). 14,16,18The Russian economy's future depends largely on the country's ability to increase oil and gas output. From 1999 to 2002, the annual increase in crude oil production averaged more than 7%, while gas output emerged from a slump and began to rise. In 2003, crude oil output grew by 11% and gas by around 4%. The Russian shelfs hydrocarbon potential is currently considerable. The area's initial combined hydrocarbon resources, including cumulative production as well as recoverable reserves and resources, total 76.4 trillion cubic metres of gas (32% of Russia's total) and 15.1 billion tonnes of crude oil (14%). The vast majority of shelf-based hydrocarbons are concentrated in the Barents Sea and Kara Sea (located in the western Arctic shelf), and in the Sea of Okhotsk (in the Far East shelf). 14,16,18The Russian economy's future depends largely on the country's ability to increase oil and gas output. From 1999 to 2002, the annual increase in crude oil production averaged more than 7%, while gas output emerged from a slump and began to rise. In 2003, crude oil output grew by 11% and gas by around 4%. The Russian shelfs hydrocarbon potential is currently considerable. The area's initial combined hydrocarbon resources, including cumulative production as well as recoverable reserves and resources, total 76.4 trillion cubic metres of gas (32% of Russia's total) and 15.1 billion tonnes of crude oil (14%). The vast majority of shelf-based hydrocarbons are concentrated in the Barents Sea and Kara Sea (located in the western Arctic shelf), and in the Sea of Okhotsk (in the Far East shelf).