Rosneft starts Arctic well

摘要

Rosneft has kicked off the Tsentralno-Olginskaya-1 well on the Khatangsky licence area in the Laptev Sea offshore Russia. The well is in the northernmost area of the Russian Arctic shelf. President of Russia Vladimir Putin launched exploration drilling via video link-up with Rosneft's CEO Igor Sechin who was onshore in the nearby Khatanga Bay. Putin said: "We are seeing the start of work to develop a whole oil and gas province, which preliminary data suggest contains a vast quantity of energy resources. Horizontal drilling is a complex and high-tech operation. This is just the first well. There is much more work ahead."