'Berkut' Rig to Start Operation for Sakhalin-1

摘要

Exxon Neftegaz, the operator of Sakhalin-1 project, went public about completion of the gravity base for Berkut rig. After installation of the oversea substructure the rig, by then the largest in Russia, will begin producing oil at the Arkutun-Dagi field. ExxonMobil and Rosneft, members of the project, are to build dozens more of such platforms.In late May, gravity-base substructure (GBS) for Arkutun-Dagi field (Sakhalin-1 project) has been completed in dry dock of the Vostochny port in Primorsky Krai territory. Norwegian company Kvaerner worked on the base's design and construction for two years. This mighty construct is a 160,000 ton rectangle with four silos, vaguely reminiscent of the "upside-down elephant".