Russia’s Rosneft to start gas production in Western Siberia ‘17

MOSCOW, Nov 25 (PRIME) -- Russian oil company Rosneft will start developing the Kharampur gas deposit in western Siberia in 2017, the company said in a statement on Monday.

The output at the first stage will amount to 190 billion cubic meters.

Rosneft will invest about 1 billion rubles into the field’s exploration in 2013-2014.

The company will raise the gas output to 100 billion cubic meters before 2020, it said.

(32.9055 rubles – U.S. $1)

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