Technologies that Rosneft plans to apply in the implementation of its flagship project “East Oil”, will reduce the carbon trail of production. About this in an interview with TASS in the fields of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (PMEF), the director of the project Vladimir Chernov.
“We strive to ensure that the technologies that we apply today in the implementation of the project will not only minimize the carbon footprint of our barrel, but they would also be economically effective,” said Chernov.
As an example, he brought use in the project “East Oil” of the new Tankers of the High Ice Class Arc7, which are manufactured on the shipyard “Star”. “First, they work on a liquefied natural gas – environmentally friendly fuel. Secondly, this fuel is obtained from a passing gas, which gives us a tangible synergy on disposal. The third – the tanker has a high ice class, which allows him to move most of the year. Unaccompanied icebreaker. This reduces costs, and at the same time the cumulative carbon footprint, because he also has a icebreaker, “explained Vladimir Chernov.
The “East Oil” project on Taimyr includes the already developed deposits of the Wankore group and new deposits in the north of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. Hydrocarbon production there may begin in 2024. At the beginning of the next decade, the production volume can be brought to 100 million tons.