News Release
Sakhalin-1 Project Begins Production at the Arkutun-Dagi Field
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Arkutun-Dagi production is expected to reach 4.5 million tons per year
Total Sakhalin-1 development daily production to exceed 27,000 tons
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia, January 20, 2015 – Exxon Neftegas Limited announced today it
began production at the Arkutun-Dagi field – the last of the three fields developed at the
Sakhalin-1 project. Peak daily production from the field is expected to reach 32.5 million barrels
per year.
The field, located off the northeast coast of Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East, will bring
total daily production at Sakhalin-1 to more than 200,000 barrels. The other two fields – Chayvo
and Odoptu – began production in 2005 and 2010, respectively.
Rosneft Head Igor Sechin said that: “Berkut (“golden eagle”) gave us its first Sokol (“falcon”) –
the light low-sulphur oil produced at the Sakhalin shelf. Stability, the strict compliance with all
obligations in terms of schedule and quality, is the criteria of proficiency and efficiency of work”.
“I congratulate the team for the safe and successful development of Sakhalin-1’s third field,
Arkutun-Dagi,” said ExxonMobil Development Company Vice-President James. K. Flood. “The
start-up of this field will continue to add to the benefits the community is receiving through the
development of the Sakhalin-1 project.”
Production from Sakhalin-1’s Arkutun-Dagi field will be routed through the existing Chayvo
onshore processing facility on Sakhalin Island and delivered through pipelines to the De-Kastri
oil export terminal located in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia.
Exxon Neftegas Ltd. is the Sakhalin-1 Consortium operator with 30 percent interest.
Coventurers include Sakhalin Oil and Gas Development Co. Ltd., with 30 percent interest, and
affiliates of Rosneft, the Russian state-owned oil company, RN-Astra with 8.5 percent,
Sakhalinmorneftegas-Shelf, with11.5 percent, and ONGC Videsh Ltd. with 20 percent.