Canadian punishment against Rosneft will Not have a significant impact neither on the production organization, or partnership Rosneft with ExxonMobil, according to analysts surveyed Last news .

The canadian government on Wednesday announced the introduction of new penalties regarding Russia. The black list was replenished 37 individuals and 17 organizations, including the Company " Rosneft ". According to fresh penalties were introduced in response to the actions of the militias in recent weeks in Ukraine.


in Canada Rosneft and ExxonMobil jointly develop the field in the section of Harmattan reservoir Cardium in the Western Canadian basin in the district of Alberta. In 2012, the Russian Company paid 2 billion rubles for the purchase of 30% of ExxonMobil's stake in the project. The press-Secretary of "Rosneft" Mikhail Leontyev said Last news that the conclusion About the organization of this project until it is Not accepted.

"It's hard savings, the Project was Not economically justified. For this reason, punishment against Rosneft regarding this project, look ridiculous, " said he Last news .

At low oil prices the cost of production on this project is still higher than in the shale deposits in the U.S., says analyst "Investkafe" Gregory)." Developing it would hardly be promising much success on it, " he says. In addition, the head of "Rosneft" Igor Sechin has admitted that the Firm will reduce investment by 30%, reminds specialist. In this sense Ostrovka project due punishment will Not have a significant impact on the Russian company, he said.

The project "Cardium" education for Rosneft, an analyst at Alfa Bank Alexander Kornilov." The project was interesting because Rosneft need to gain experience in unconventional fields, " he explains. Fundamentally for Rosneft nothing changes: the field is relatively small production volumes, and the essence of canadian punishment is Not until the end is clear, says the specialist. Currently on Deposit in Canada Rosneft and ExxonMobil jointly produce 3 thousand barrels per day, to the materials on the Internet representation of the Russian organization.


Canadian penalties for "Rosneft" - like a mosquito bite are nominal, analyst says "Sberbank CIB" Valery Nesterov." The main punishment is already taken, the most sensitive and Finance. In addition, frozen total work Rosneft and foreign partners on hard-to-recover reserves in Russia, " he says. For this reason, the actions of the canadian government will Not affect the prospects of "Rosneft" and will be invisible in the reporting organization, the expert believes. Will not have a punishment of influence and interaction of Rosneft with Exxon Mobil, agrees with him) from the " Investkafe ".

In addition to project in Canada, Rosneft together with ExxonMobil led the drilling in the Kara sea, which helped to open a large Deposit of Victory with reserves of 120 million tons of oil and 390 billion cubic meters of gas. Part of the American organization was called into question because of the sanctions imposed by the EU and the USA.

However, Leontief assured Last news that Rosneft is Not considering a change of partner in the project on the Arctic." Them remains Exxon. We have serious long-term projects. For this reason, a change of partner in the Arctic is Not considered, " said Leontiev.

about what punishment against the oil and gas industry of Russia bring more harm to European countries, the Russian oil companies, said experts at the international Petroleum Week in London last week. For example, the head of the Advisory Council on the Arctic Tim Reilly said that the prohibition of the supply of equipment to the Arctic negatively impacted in the 1st place, in the Scandinavian countries, and Not on the volume of oil production in the Russian Federation. The country produces on the Arctic shelf only 5% of total production, he said.

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