JUNE 6, 2019 / 2:17 PM
ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) – Russia’s Gazprom Neft said on Thursday it would set up a joint venture with Shell to develop an oil field in Yamal estimated to hold reserves of around 1.1 billion tonnes of oil.
Gazprom Neft, the oil arm of state gas company Gazprom, said it planned to close the deal late this year or early next and that both it and Shell would hold 50% stakes in the joint venture.
Reporting by Olesya Astakhova; writing by Tom Balmforth; editing by Jane Merriman
LATER VERSION JUNE 6, 2019 / 3:49 PM
Russia’s Gazprom Neft, on JV with Shell, says field not under sanctions
ST PETERSBURG, June 6 (Reuters) – Russian oil producer Gazprom Neft’s CEO Alexander Dyukov said reserves held in a field which it is looking at as part of a joint venture with Shell were not under Western sanctions.
Speaking on the sidelines of Russia’s flagship economic forum in the city of St Petersburg, Dyukov said that financing for the joint venture with Shell would be split evenly.
(Reporting by Olesya Astakhova; writing by Tom Balmforth; editing by Maria Kiselyova)