Gazprom Fined forKamchatka Drilling

摘要

In the aftermath of the Kolskaya rigdisaster, Russia’s Gazprom has beenfined just 400,000 rubles ($12,700)by state environmental protectionagency Rosprirodnadzor for illegaldrilling at its West Kamchatka Blockin the Russian Far East, according tomedia reports this week citing anofficial in the Kamchatkan prosecu-tor’s office.The drilling of the N1 explorationwell on the main structure of the WestKamchatka Block started on Sep. 3and was reportedly stopped in lateOctober, after it was declared illegalbecause of the absence of a positiveecological impact assessment. Thewell was reportedly drilled to thedepth of around 400 meters out of aprojected 3,500 meters.