Bloomberg: ExxonMobil can stop for a while drilling in the Kara sea
The U.S. oil giant ExxonMobil can stop for some time, the implementation of the joint with Rosneft project exploration drilling " University-1 " in the Kara sea, passes in the night of Saturday
on the last working day of the week, the United States imposed limits on the production and delivery or re-export of goods, services (excluding financial services), as well as technologies for exploration and production in deepwater offshore, the continental shelf of the Arctic seas and projects for the extraction of shale oil five Russian companies: Rosneft, Gazprom, Gazpromneft, LUKOIL and Surgutneftegaz. First authorized ExxonMobil Alan Jeffers (Alan Jeffers said the Company is " studying " the possible consequences of punishment and wants to adhere to all mandatory standards.
" Part of ExxonMobil project in the Russian Arctic price $ 700 million is able to be stopped before completion due to new sanctions from the United States and the European Union ", - reports the Agency.
The firm Rosneft in 2011 signed with ExxonMobil cooperation agreement on establishing the East Prinovozemelskih blocks in the Kara sea and the Tuapse trough in the Black sea. In exchange for a share of 33% on the establishment in the Kara sea ExxonMobil has agreed to cover most of the costs associated with exploration drilling, which amounted to more than 3 $ 2 billion. ExxonMobil Russia and Rosneft in the last month of summer, the beginning of the exploration drilling on the platform West Alpha on the Northern borehole Russia - University-1. Work, as Bloomberg points were designed for 70 days. But in connection with the entry into force of the new penal available to U.S. organizations only two weeks to 26 September to end of implementation fall under the ban of projects with Russian partners, according to the Agency.
The US and EU do not recognize the annexation of Crimea to Russia and accused Moscow of interfering in Ukraine. Russia denies it and calls the accusations are unacceptable. Western countries since March has repeatedly imposed punishment on a number of Russian politicians, businessmen and organizations and threatened to make wider restrictive measures. The last case of the use of such practices began in September punishment.
The European Union on July 26, introduced penalties against fifteen Russian citizens and authorized self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk national republics (DND and LNR), as well as against a number of Crimean organizations, such as the Sevastopol sea port and public organization " Sable ". For example, in the sanctions list includes the Director of the Federal security Service Alexander Bortnikov and the foreign intelligence Service of Russia Mikhail Fradkov, Secretary of the Russian security Council Nikolai Patrushev, his Deputy Rashid Nurgaliev and member of the Council Boris Gryzlov, the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov and the Krasnodar territory Alexander Tkachev.
in the U.S. capital and Brussels when ready, if necessary, to make wider sanctions lists. A complete list of Russian Citizens and organizations who are under punishment, -