15 Sep 2015 14:48

Rosneft soon to receive three licenses in Bering, Barents Seas, Gazprom one in Kara Sea

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ST. PETERSBURG. Sept 15 (Interfax) - The Natural Resources Ministry has sent the Russian government documents about the transfer to Rosneft and Gazprom licenses for the development of another four fields on the Arctic shelf.

First Deputy Natural Resources Minister Denis Khramov told journalists that Rosneft will receive licenses for the Olutorsky and Khatyrsky sections in the Bering Sea and the Gusino-Zemelsky section in the Barents Sea. Gazprom will receive a license for the Sharapovsky section in the Kara Sea.