Probable reserves of gas in Eastern Siberia and the Far East could not be confirmed yet. , Reports «Interfax» referring to the deputy head of the extraction of «Gazprom» Nail Gafurov. Prognostic evaluation of reserves at 25 trillion cubic meters of natural gas.
According Gafurov, the real reserves may be much smaller than those considered in the formation of the Eastern Gas Program. He noted that companies now have to «rethink» the resulting drilling data, and to understand what to do next. Gafurov stressed that the company\’s work is complicated by the weak geological knowledge of Eastern Siberia and the Far East. Now, in terms of geology, has been studied only 6-7% of the region.
According to the director, «exploration Gazprom» Alexei Davydov, from 2013 to 2016 the gas monopoly will allocate 40 billion rubles a year on geological surveys in the region. In the first place «Gazprom» will explore the Sakhalin shelf reserves of Yamal and East Siberia. Each of these areas will receive 30 percent of the allocated funds.
Eastern gas program was approved in 2007. «Gazprom» is the curator of the project. The program provides for the creation of the Far East and Eastern Siberia unified system for production, gas processing and transportation of raw materials to Asia-Pacific, mainly China. The program includes a number of investment projects, including the construction of the Sakhalin-Vladivostok and increase production on the shelf of Sakhalin.