Rosneft Research Expedition, as part of the Bavenit drill vessel, headed from Murmansk to the Laptev Sea Watering, in order to, for the first time in history, to drill in the Eastern Arctic, minorurbane stratigraphic wells and select Caern for scientific work. About this “Lente.ru” reported in Rosneft.
Scientists set the goal to build a reliable geological model of the region and evaluate its oil and gas potential. Extraked on the expedition stone material will serve as a direct source of geological information necessary to determine the age (stratification), composition and conditions for the formation of sedimentary rocks of the shelf area.
For the Rosneft expedition, the Bavenite drill vessel was equipped with the latest domestic equipment, which allows you to carry out the “diamond” drilling to a depth of up to 500 meters and accelerate the selection of core, as well as improve the quality of the selected samples of rocks. The vessel is also equipped with unique fiber optic geophysical equipment for core binding to seismic cut.
Laboratory tests of core will be implemented by the company “Innopractic” and the Geological Faculty of Moscow State University named after Lomonosov. Currently, the laboratories continue to study the samples of rocks selected in 2020 in the north of the Kara Sea as a result of similar works.
Expeditionary work in the Laptev Sea will be implemented in compliance with high environmental safety standards and environmental protection. Perennial geological expeditions to the research region preceded the project. A cycle of seismic, engineering and geophysical works was also carried out. All this allowed to build a comprehensive geological model of the Eastern Arctic shelf, which will be detailed following the expedition.
Rosneft exercise a comprehensive long-term scientific program in the Arctic, which includes geological, hydrometeorological and environmental research. Work is in collaboration with leading scientific and design organizations of the country.
Arctic Scientific Center “Rosneft” since 2012 organized over 30 expeditions to the regions for the polar circle. These are the largest studies of the Arctic since the USSR.