The Shtokman

The Shtokman gas and condensate fields project is one of the priorities for Gazprom within the framework of the Arctic shelf regions development. The project has a strategic significance for the company

The Shtokman deposit will become the resource base for deliveries of the Russian gas, both pipeline natural gas earmarked for Europe and LNG targeting markets EU and North America. Gazprom implements the project in partnership with French Total and Norwegian StatoilHydro.

Deepsea Delta semi-submersible drilling rig

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The Shtokman field is one of the largest gas fields in the world (with 3.8 trillion cubic meters in reserves). It is located in the center of the Barents Sea, some 600 kilometers from the city of Murmansk. Gazprom will develop the project’s first phase jointly with the French company Total and the Norwegian StatoilHydro. The volume of the first-phase production will reach 23.7 billion cubic meters.

This field will help meet a substantial part of the European Union’s growing demand for “blue fuel” by supplying it with pipeline gas, and also fill in the North American LNG market.