Rosneft and ExxonMobil have made an efficient start in a sprint for the western Arctic fields development. Just the other day the first vessel called at the Murmansk based new oil terminal of Karmorneftegaz, a JV between the two companies. After a meeting Rosneft President Igor Sechin and Murmansk region Governor it was decided to create on a base of Murmansk State Technical University the so-called the Arctic Competency Centre.