AS ROYAL DUTCH SHELL POSTPONES ITS ARCTIC ALASKA DRILLING FOR NATURAL EARTH RESOURCE AS FIRST HALTED BY THE DEMOCRAT POTUS BHO AND THE HIGH COST OF DRILLING- THE RUSSIANS KEEP PUMPING AWAY ARCTIC OIL SINCE 2013 PRODUCING 800 TONS OF CRUDE OIL IN 2015 - AS THE DEMCRATS STANDS ON THE SIDE LINES OF EXPLORATION LEST THEY GET THEIR FEET WET WITH VISION OF THE FUTURE BUT INSTEAD CLING TO DRIVE MORE UNEMPLOYMENT FOR AMERICANS FROM HIGH PAYING CONSTRUCTION IN THE DEVELOPING OF ARCTIC JOBS

Russia’s Gazprom increased oil production at its Prirazlomnaya platform by 2.5 times last year.

The platform in the Pechora Sea in 2015 produced more than 800,000 tons of oil. The total amount shipped from the field since start of production in December 2013 is 1.1 million tons, Gazprom Neft Shelf’s press service reports.

Two production wells and one injection well are currently in production at Prirazlomnaya.

According to General Director of Gazprom Neft Shelf, the company plans to double production at the field in 2016.

Prirazlomnoye is the world’s first project involving oil extraction on the Arctic shelf using a stationary platform. Production started in December 2013, and the first shipment of oil left in April 2014.

Field reserves are estimated at about 72 million tons of oil and peak production of five million tons is planned for about 2020.

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