Russian oil patch now covers three seas

Journal Article · Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1975 · Offshore; (United States)

OSTI ID:6617941

Bakke, D R

Russia's offshore petroleum exploration has plunged vigorously westward into the Black Sea and Sea of Azov after being confined to the landlocked Caspian Sea for nearly 50 yr. During the past 24 mo., the Soviets obtained their first proof that both the northern shelf of the Black Sea and the western shelf of its Sea of Azov arm contain commercial gas reserves. Now, according to official but little publicized Russian reports, the search is to be intensified and widened in both areas. Advanced technology--an element the Soviet's 50-yr old Caspian Sea operations have lacked until recently--will play a major role in the Black Sea hydrocarbon hunt almost from the start. If the Russians find big gas in the Black Sea, there could be a fundamental reappraisal of plans for exporting LNG from the USSR to the west.

• OSTI ID: 6617941
• Journal Information: Offshore; (United States), Vol. 35:10
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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03 NATURAL GAS
BLACK SEA
NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS
CASPIAN SEA
EXPLORATION
USSR
EXPORTS
LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS
OFFSHORE OPERATIONS
TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION
ASIA
EASTERN EUROPE
ENERGY SOURCES
EUROPE
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
LIQUEFIED GASES
MINERAL RESOURCES
NATURAL GAS
RESOURCES
SEAS
SURFACE WATERS
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Geology
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