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Russia’s Sakhalin-1 Oil Project Returns To Peak Production

The Sakhalin-1 oil project in Russia is back to producing its peak level of 200,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil from zero, an Indian company that is part of the new venture operating the project has said. 

ONGC Videsh, the overseas unit of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC), hopes to reclaim its 20% stake in the project soon after some “terms and conditions” are met, managing director Rajarshi Gupta said at a press conference as carried by Reuters

The Sakhalin-1 oil project hasn’t produced much oil over the past year after the Russian invasion of Ukraine sparked an exodus of Western oil firms from the Russian energy sector.  

Previously, the Sakhalin-1 oil project was operated by U.S. supermajor ExxonMobil, but Russia removed it from the operatorship position last year amid the company’s own total pullout from Russia.

Shortly after Russian troops entered Ukraine in February 2022, Exxon said it was going to pull out from Russia and make no more investments there.  

Exxon had a 30-percent stake in Sakhalin-1, but in October 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree with which a new entity was set up to manage the operations of the Far East oil and gas project. The decree allowed the Russian government to distribute the stakes in the project and kick out foreign partners if they saw fit.

The Russian government authorized last November a transfer of a 20% stake in the new Sakhalin-1 operator to India’s ONGC Videsh Limited and 30% to SODECO, or Sakhalin Oil and Gas Development Co, which comprises Itochu, the conglomerate, Marubeni, and Japan Petroleum Exploration Co.  

Russia also decided to let the Japanese firms keep their stake in the Sakhalin-1 oil project as Moscow reshuffled ownership of domestic oil and gas projects after a mass exodus of Western firms.  

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  • George Doolittle on May 29 2023 said:
    I want to say Russia paid Shell and in massive amounts to "exit" either way I reiterate my oil futures price contract prediction remains at "nil" with negative natural gas futures prices in Europe the latest #SHOCK for energy traders. "MERELY" all of Germany remains cut off from the majority of energy *PERIOD* going on forever now which all sure sounds like great news for Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Florida.
  • Mamdouh Salameh on May 29 2023 said:
    This is a proof if one is needed that Russia neither needs Western technology nor its finances. It has both.

    Dr Mamdouh G Salameh
    International Oil Economist
    Global Energy Expert

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