What is Sakhalin-2 project?

The Sakhalin-2 (Russian: Сахалин-2) project is an oil and gas development in Sakhalin Island, Russia. It includes development of the Piltun-Astokhskoye oil field and the Lunskoye natural gas field offshore Sakhalin Island in the Okhotsk Sea, and associated infrastructure onshore.

When was oil discovered in Sakhalin?

1977
Sakhalin I consists of the development of the Odoptu field (oil and gas, discovered in 1977) and the Chayvo field (mainly gas, discovered in 1979).

Has Shell oil pulled out of Russia?

Anglo-Dutch oil and natural gas giant Shell is writing off up to $5 billion in assets after it pulled its Russian operations.

Is Shell operating in Russia?

Energy Giant Shell Withdrawing From Russia, Will Stop Buying Moscow’s Oil And Gas. Energy giant Shell has announced it will halt all purchases of Russian oil and gas and close other operations in the country, joining dozens of other companies in severing ties with Moscow over its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.

What countries stopped buying Russian oil?

Australia, Britain, Canada and the United States have imposed outright bans on Russian oil purchases following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, but the European Union remains divided.

Who’s buying Russian oil?

Russia is Europe’s biggest oil supplier, providing 26 percent of the bloc’s oil imports in 2020. Germany, Poland and the Netherlands are Europe’s biggest buyers of Russian oil.

How much oil did Russia’s Shell buy?

Oil giant Shell has confirmed it will take a hit of up to $5bn (£3.8bn) from offloading its Russian assets as part of plans to withdraw from the country. The firm has pledged to no longer buy oil, but contracts signed before the invasion of Ukraine will be fulfilled.

What is Lunskoye-a platform?

Lunskoye–A platform. Lun-A platform is the first in Russia offshore gas production platform. This platform produces the majority of the gas for the LNG plant. Oil/condensate and gas separation including gas treatment for transport to the LNG plant is done at the onshore processing facility.

What is the Lunskoye-a platform at Sakhalin II?

The Lunskoye-A (LUN-A) platform was installed in June 2006. The Piltun-Astokhskoye-B (PA-B) platform is the largest of the three platforms at Sakhalin II. The onshore processing facility (OPF) is capable of processing 51 million cubic metres of gas per day and around 9,500m³ of condensate/oil per day.

What is the Vityaz Pа-а platform?

From 1999 till 2008 the PА-А platform was the heart of the Vityaz Production Complex, which also included the doublehull Okha floating storage and offloading (FSO) vessel, a single anchor leg mooring (SALM) buoy and a sub-sea pipeline.

How much gas is there in the Lunskoye gas field?

Lunskoye gas field was discovered in 1984 and the PA oil field was discovered two years later in 1986. Recoverable hydrocarbon reserves from the two Russian offshore fields are estimated to be 600 billion cubic metres of gas and 170 million tonnes of oil and condensate.