Soviet crash program will attempt to avoid dependence on imported oil

Journal Article · Mon Jun 19 04:00:00 EDT 1978 · Energy Res. Rep.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6493077

Szyndzielorz, K

Despite contrary forecasts by the Central Intelligence Agency and other organizations, there is strong evidence that the Soviet Union will not accept the uncertainties of allowing Eastern Europe to rely on large quantities of imported oil from Arab countries. The evidence in official Soviet pronouncements, supported by economic statistics and trends reported in the Soviet press, suggest that the necessary resources will be committed to the increasingly capital-intensive development of western Siberia. These efforts would be concentrated primarily in the Tyumen oilfields, a million-square kilometer region, discovered in 1960. Four years after its discovery, Tyumen oil began to be delivered to Omsk in western Siberia, about 2,000 kilometers away. By 1975 total production in Tyumen totaled 148 million tons; this year's goal is 250 million tons. Brezhnev observed that the Siberian oilfields have reached a more complicated stage of development, requiring two to three times as much investment as before. This year eight new oil fields are scheduled to begin production in the Tyumen region and drilling is scheduled at four million meters.

• OSTI ID: 6493077
• Journal Information: Energy Res. Rep.; (United States), Journal Name: Energy Res. Rep.; (United States) Vol. 4:12; ISSN ERRED
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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