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The main objective of the visit was to expand cooperation between the two companies on the field of engineering and construction services for the Russian petroleum industry and the Shtokman field in particular, a press releasefrom Sevmash reads.
Sevmash is now engaged in construction of the platform “Prirazlomnaya” for Gazprom. At the moment the drilling complex is being installe d. This work is planned to be finished by the end of this week, Sevmash says in another press release.
1500 workers are working on “Prirazlomnaya” at the moment, but the number will possibly be increased to 2500 in the near future.
The platform will be stationed at the field with the same name in the oil-rich Pechora Sea. After several postponements, Gazprom subsidiary Sevmorneftegaz now maintains that the Prirazlomnoye field will be up running in 2011, BarentsObserver reported.
The field with extractable oil resources of 46 million tons will be Russia’s first Arctic offshore field in production. Maximum annual production will be about 6 million tons. The production period is estimated to 22 years.
The field will have bases north in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, as well as in Arkhangelsk Oblast.
The infrastructure of the Prirazlomnoe will form the basis for the development of several adjacent fields.