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Rosneft to change route

for Sakhalin oil

RUSSIA RUSSIA’S Rosneft is looking to deliver oil from SODECO. Its oil is pumped to an export termi-
its wholly owned fields on Sakhalin Island to the nal at De-Kastri, in the mainland Khabarovsk
Rosneft's wholly-owned mainland using the infrastructure of the Sakha- region.
Sakhalin subsidiary has lin-1 consortium, following a failure at an older Work on the Sabo-Dagi oil link is due to
cut supply because of a pipeline. start in November, with completion anticipated
pipeline failure. Rosneft said in late July that its RN-Sakhal- in 2022. Rosneft also plans to modernise three
inmorneftegaz subsidiary, which controls doz- oil pumping stations, at a cost of RUB2.66bn
ens of mostly mature fields on and offshore ($36mn).
Sakhalin, had reduced oil supply because of the The Okha-Komsomolsk-on-Amur pipeline
OPEC+ agreement on cuts. However, NewsBase has been in operation since 1974, when Russia
understands that an accident occurred at the first began developing oil in the Far East. An oil
Okha-Komsomolsk-on-Amur pipeline which spill was reported to have occurred at the pipe-
normally transports Sakhalinmorneftegaz’s oil. line in mid-July.
The pipeline could remain shut down for up to Rosneft has confirmed it is working on a plan
two years as a result. to establish an alternative route for transporting
Sakhalinmorneftegaz typically produces Sakhalinmorneftegaz’s oil, “due to the deteri-
around 1.2mn tonnes per year (24,000 barrels oration of the Okha-Komsomolsk-on-Amur
per day) of oil. According to procurement docu- pipeline,” Kommersant quoted the company as
ments, Rosneft’s solution is to build the 117-km saying on August 6.
Sabo-Dagi pipeline linking Sakhalinmorneft- This is not Rosneft’s first attempt at such a
egaz’s transport system with that of Sakhalin-1, project. In 2017, a contractor called Sakhal-
at a cost of RUB4.9bn ($66mn). inmorneftemontazh was enlisted to build the
Sakhalin-1 is managed by a consortium of Sabo-Dagi pipeline. But work was halted after
Rosneft, ExxonMobil, India’s ONGC and Japan’s the company went bankrupt. ™

Petrofac to develop low-carbon

projects with Storegga

UK UK-BASED oilfield services provider Petrofac Petrofac was hired by Pale Blue Dot for engi-
has joined forces with clean energy developer neering and project management office support
Petrofac also won a Storegga Geotechnologies to advance low-car- at the Acorn CCS scheme in June. The project is
$100mn contract in bon projects, the companies said on August 6. backed by oil and gas producer Chrysaor, Royal
Azerbaijan via its joint The pair have signed a memorandum of Dutch Shell and France’s Total.
venture with SOCAR. understanding (MoU) on collaborating on Petrofac also announced on August 10 it
potential business development and project had secured a five-year contract worth $100mn
initiatives in carbon capture and storage (CCS), to provide international payroll and personal
hydrogen and other low-carbon technologies, support services to BP in Azerbaijan. It won the
they said. deal through a joint venture with Azerbaijan’s
“With an initial focus on the UK Continental national oil company (NOC) SOCAR. The con-
Shelf [UKCS] and North West Europe, the MoU tract includes support for the company’s person-
also includes scope for the parties to work together nel attending training courses both inside and
international[ly],” a joint statement read. outside Azerbaijan.
Storegga serves as a holding company for Pale Petrofac and SOCAR were awarded another
Blue Dot, which aims to establish blue hydrogen contract in Azerbaijan a year ago to provide engi-
production in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, starting neering and technical services at the Absheron
in 2024. The Acorn project, as it is known, will gas field in the Caspian Sea. The UK firm also
produce hydrogen from North Sea gas arriving won a $135mn construction deal for a water
at the St Fergus terminal. The carbon produced treatment facility at the Kashagan oil project in
from the process will be captured and stored in neighbouring Kazakhstan last month, through a
depleted offshore oil and gas reservoirs. joint venture with local group Isker. ™

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