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First production Well Successfully Built at the East-Messoyakha Field
Rosneft and Gazprom Neft have completed early the project to build the first production well at the East-Messoyakha deposit, which is part of the Messoyakha cluster, the northernmost of the known Russian onshore oil fields. The project is part of the joint drilling program implemented by the two companies.

Gazprom Neft increases collaboration with Vietnam
Gazprom Neft and Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (Petrovietnam) have signed a series of agreements to extend their collaboration activity. The documents were signed in Hanoi (Vietnam), in the presence of the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Medvedev and the Prime Minister of Vietnam, Nguyễn Tấn Dũng.

Investors in Iraq’s Badra field to start seeing returns
In the 90 days up to late November 2014 around 15,000 barrels per day were released from the Badra oilfield into Iraq’s main pipeline system. This is in line with the basic terms of the field’s development contract. The Badra field is operated by Gazprom Neft.

Pipeline construction begins at Messoyakha fields
CJSC Messoyakhaneftegaz has begun construction of a pressure-pipeline from the Messoyakha fields, located in the north of the Yamalo-Nenetsk Autonomous Okrug, to the Zapolyarye—Purpe pipeline network.

Drilling platform arrives at Gazprom Neft’s Dolginskoye field
The GSP Saturn drilling platform has been delivered for test drilling at the Dolginskoye field. The jackup rig was contracted by Gazprom Neft’s subsidiary, Gazpromneft Sakhalin, which operates the Dolginskoye field on the continental shelf in the Pechora Sea. An exploration well will be drilled from the platform during the ice-free months of 2014 to further investigate the field’s geological structure and prepare it for full-scale development.

Gazprom Neft begins production in Iraq
On 31 May, Gazprom Neft began production at the Badra oilfield in Iraq. The central gathering station (CGS) is currently undergoing complex testing of its crude oil processing system. Testing will be completed in three months once enough oil has been accumulated for commercial production to begin. The Badra field will then be ready to reach planned production levels of 15 thousand barrels per day.

KBR Wins Project Management Consultancy Contract for Participation in the Major Revamp Program Russia’s Largest Refinery
KBR Inc. (NYSE: KBR) announced today it has been awarded a contract for project management consultancy (PMC) services for the construction of the advanced oil processing complex which is the part of the major renovation program of the largest operating refinery in Russia owned by JSC Gazprom Neft. The refinery is located in Omsk, Western Siberia, Russia.

Gazprom Neft selects contractor to lay pipeline in Iraq
Gazprom Neft, operator of the Badra oilfield development project, has appointed a contractor to lay the pipeline connecting the field to the power station in Zubaidiah (Wasit Province). The tender was won by Pakistani company Techno Engineering Services (Pvt.) Ltd.

Gazprom Neft produces first oil at Badra oilfield, Iraq
Gazprom Neft, operator of the Badra oilfield, Iraq, has reported the successful completion of well-testing at its BD4 appraisal well at the end of December, 2013. Potential production capacity was tested through the sequential testing of six drilled strata, followed by final testing of all pay horizons concurrently. A daily natural flow rate of 7,000 barrels of oil was recorded.

Gazprom Neft and Total form JV for the production of modified bitumen at the Moscow Oil Refinery
Gazprom Neft and Total link open a new window have signed an agreement to create Gazprom Neft—Total PMB* LLC, a joint venture for the production and sale on the Russian market of modified bitumen and bitumen emulsions.