Investing.com — Company «Rosneft» plans to consolidate the fields included in the project «Vostok Oil» why buy from «Neftegazholding» Eduard Khudainatov's Payakhskoye field, the reserves of which are estimated at 1.2 billion tons. The deal was approved by the Board of Directors of the company on November 16, writes «Kommersant».
It is assumed that «Neftegazholding» will sell «Rosneft» 100% «Taimyrneftegaz», holding licenses for the Payakhskoye field. In its turn «Rosneft» can pay for the largest purchase in recent years on the oil market not only with money, but also with assets.
This is about «RN-Sakhalinmorneftegaz», «Varyoganneftegaz», «RN-Severnaya oil», Talinskoye field, as well as tailing assets «Orenburgneft» and «Samaraneftegaz». The publication notes that the production of the first three enterprises in 2019 amounted to 5.7 million tons of oil, while the production of oil itself «Neftegazholding» slightly more than 2 million tons.
«Inclusion of the Payakhskoye and Zapadno-Irkinskoye fields in the perimeter „Vostok Oil“ will increase the resource base of the project by more than 2 billion tons», — told the publication in «Rosneft», without formally confirming the purchase.
At the same time, they confirmed their intention to sell a number of assets. «in the south of Russia, Sakhalin, in the Volga-Ural region, Timan-Pechora and Western Siberia».
As a result of the transaction into the project «Vostok Oil» will include the fields of the Vankor cluster (Vankorskoye, Lodochnoe, Suzunskoye and Tagulskoye fields) and the Payakhskoye field in Taimyr. The resource base of this Arctic project is 6 billion tons of liquid hydrocarbons, the production level is — more than 100 million tons per year, and investments — RUB 8.5 trillion.
«Rosneft» plans to attract foreign investors to the project. It is already known that Trafigura trader will join it: November 16 Board of Directors «Rosneft» approved a deal to sell him a 10% stake in the project «Vostok Oil». 10 days later, the Federal Antimonopoly Service approved the deal.
Kommersant wrote about intention «Rosneft» attract Indian companies ONGC and Oil India consortium. Indian Oil Corporation and Bharat PetroResources already own 49.9% in Vankor.
The company plans to transport the produced oil along the Northern Sea Route using tankers. «Rosneft» promised already in 2024 to ship from «Vostok Oil» 30 million tons.
Promotions «Rosneft» for the fifth day on the Moscow Exchange, they have been declining after a strong growth in early November. They are down 1.23% as of 3:30 pm ET.
The text was prepared by Alexandra Shnitnikova
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