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    RUSSIA'S ROSNEFT AWARDS ENI $120 BN ARCTIC DEAL

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    April 25, 2012 - 19:00 AMT

    PanARMENIAN.Net - Russian oil giant Rosneft and Italy's Eni will
    invest $70 billion in developing Barents Sea offshore deposits
    and $55 billion in Black Sea offshore production under a strategic
    partnership agreement signed by the companies on Wednesday, April 25,
    RIA Novosti reported.

    "The two firms will invest $50-70 billion for full development in the
    Barents Sea and about $50-55 billion in the Black Sea," according to
    preliminary forecasts, Rosneft President Eduard Khudainatov said.

    The deal was signed by Khudainatov and Eni Board Chairman Paolo
    Scaroni in the presence of Russian Prime Minister and President-elect
    Vladimir Putin.

    Eni will have a 33.3 percent share in the joint venture. The Italian
    company will finance geological prospecting of the offshore deposits
    with recoverable reserves estimated at 36 billion barrels of oil
    equivalent.

    Under the agreement, the two companies will jointly develop the Val
    Shatskogo deposit in the Black Sea and the Fedynsky and Cental Barents
    blocks in the Barents Sea.

    Rosneft will also participate in Eni's international projects as part
    of the strategic partnership deal.

    Investment in geological prospecting in the Barents and Black Sea
    will total $2 billion, Khudainatov said.

    Scaroni said the two companies would also discuss in May a list of
    joint projects in third countries.

    The Fedynsky block in the Barents Sea includes nine deposits with
    recoverable hydrocarbon reserves of 18.7 billion barrels of oil
    equivalent and the Central Barents block comprises three deposits
    with hydrocarbon reserves of 7 billion barrels of oil equivalent,
    according to briefing documents prepared for the signing ceremony.

    The West Chernomorsky (Val Shatskogo) block includes six fields with
    recoverable reserves of about 10 billion barrels of oil equivalent.

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