Moscow, June 15 - Neftegaz.RU. During the XXVI St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Rosneft, Innopraktika Non-Government Institute of Development and AO Rosgeo entered into R&D contracts for the exploration of Russia's continental shelf.
According to the contracts, shallow stratigraphic wells will be drilled in the East Siberian Sea.
The work will be done using the domestic drill ship Bavenit owned by Rosgeologia and equipped with the newest Russian equipment to meet the tasks of the expedition.
The purpose of the research expedition is core sampling to extract valuable rock materials serving as the direct source of subsurface data that is required to specify the age (stratification) and composition of rocks and sedimentation environment of the East Arctic shelf and predict the status of the regions' petroleum systems.
Comprehensive laboratory and analytical studies as well as desk researches will be performed by Innopraktika at the Geologic Faculty of Moscow State University.
The research stratigraphic drilling project in the Russian northern seas started in 2020.
During the research expedition of Rosneft, shallow wells were drilled in the north of the Kara Sea - first ever in the exploration of the Russia's continental shelf.
The Company continued its studies in the Laptev Sea in 2021, and in the Chukchi Sea in 2022.
Analysis of the obtained rocks will help the scientists build a reliable geological model of the whole Arctic region.
