Russia: oil joint venture granted subsoil license for the Tsentralnaya structure in the Caspian Sea

The Tsentralnoye oil, gas and gas condensate field was discovered in 2008 following the Tsentralnaya-1 prospecting drilling. According to the National Register, the field’s C1+2 recoverable reserves are estimated at 135 million tons of reference fuel (liquid hydrocarbons approximately 70%). LLC Neftegazovaya Kompaniya Tsentralnaya (Central Oil and Gas Company), a joint venture of PJSC LUKOIL,…

Greece: SOCAR expecting compromise on DESFA deal

Azerbaijani state oil company SOCAR expects compromise proposals from the Greek government for the successful completion of the deal on acquisition of a stake in Greece’s gas transmission system operator DESFA, Director General of SOCAR Energy Greece Anar Mammadov reported. He said that the new rules for calculating tariffs for gas in Greece would have…