Moscow and Astana have started drilling in the Caspian sea
Vladimir Putin and Nursultan Nazarbayev has provided the start of the Russian-Kazakhstani project "Eurasia". Within its framework it is planned to make the drilling of deep wells for hydrocarbon production. Enthusiasm for "Eurasia" has already shown domestic and Western companies.
The heads of the 2 countries have started the implementation of the project using symbolic keys. Common efforts of Russia and Kazakhstan hope to find deposits of hydrocarbons at a depth of about seven to nine miles in the area of the Caspian depression, says RIA Novosti. With all this very well may reach a depth of 15 km
Coordinator of "Eurasia" Baltabek Kuandykov said that for the realization of the project in the coming months it is planned to create a consortium. "The project will start next year", - said the coordinator, noting that the implementation period will be approximately 5 years and is worth approximately $ 500 million.
Interest to participate in the drilling and production, according to Kuandykov, showed such companies as LUKOIL and Rosneft, Western partners, "without which it can not do, because they have the technology and skill to do that." Among Western companies, with whom we are negotiating, he called Shell, Chevron and others.
The project "Eurasia" involves in-depth exploration of hydrocarbon reserves of the Caspian basin areas of Kazakhstan and Russia. To the real-time intelligence on the presence of hydrocarbons was carried out at a depth of 5-6 km, at that time, as the depth of the pool is about 20-25 km
According to unconfirmed estimates, work in the framework of the project "Eurasia" can afford to open about 20 large hydrocarbon fields with reserves of more than 300 million tons. In the framework of the project it is planned to create a consortium of oil companies that will do financing.
In addition, among the important issues of bilateral relations preparation for coming in early October events in the CIS and EurAsEC, which will be held in Minsk. "Last year we reached a historical record of 28.5 billion and the turnover increased by 14 per cent. If you subtract the oil and gas component, we observed in growth this year, and in the 2nd quarter even aligned", - said Vladimir Putin.
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