Russian minister anticipates intense competition for Lodochnoye, Imilorskoye, Shpilman
ST. PETERSBURG. Nov 22 (Interfax) - Russian Natural Resources and Environment Minister Sergei Donskoy is anticipating intense competition at the tenders for the strategic Lodochnoye, Imilorskoye and Shpilman fields at the end of this year.
"The competition will be quite high, I think," he told the press.
Donskoy said he does not have information about how many applications have been submitted for the tenders. Vertically integrated oil companies will turn in their applications just before admission finishes.
"Based on practice, I would say that applications will be submitted somewhere around three to four days before admission finishes. It's important for the companies to prepare high-quality applications," Donskoy said.
Rosneft , Lukoil , Surgutneftegas and Gazprom Neft may express interest in participating in the tender, he said.
The starting price for the Imilorsky section, which includes the Imilorskoye, West Imilorskoye and Istochnoye fields in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous District, is 25.4 billion rubles. The state oil reserve register for these as of January 1 last year was: geological - 287.372 million tonnes (category C1) and 568.087 million tonnes (C2); recoverable - 66.278 million tonnes (C1) and 127.404 million tonnes (C2).
The starting price for the North Rogozhnikovskoye field will be 14 billion rubles. Geological oil reserves there are 145.9 million tonnes (C1), of which 32.9 million tonnes are recoverable; C2 reserves are 250.3 million tonnes, with 57.4 million tonnes recoverable; C3 geological reserves are 32.1 million tonnes, with 1.2 million tonnes recoverable.
The starting price for the Lodochnoye deposit will be 3.6 billion rubles. Hydrocarbon reserves within this oil and gas condensate deposit on the state register are oil (geological/recoverable) - 31.688 million tonnes/10.503 million tonnes (C1); 97.358 million tonnes/32.649 million tonnes (C2); gas - 22.451 billion cubic meters (bcm) (C1), 47.384 bcm (C2); gas condensate - (geological/recoverable) 2.948 million tonnes/1.474 million tonnes (C1) and 4.274 million tonnes/2.137 million tonnes (C2).
