Sakhalin-1 Project
The Sakhalin-1 Project includes three offshore fields: Chayvo, Odoptu, and Arkutun Dagi. Exxon Neftegas Limited (ENL) is the operator for the multinational Sakhalin-1 Consortium (ExxonMobil interest 30%). Co-venturers include affiliates of Rosneft, the Russian state-owned oil company, RN-Astra (8.5%) and Sakhalinmorneftegas-Shelf (11.5%); the Japanese consortium SODECO (30%); and the Indian state-owned oil company ONGC Videsh Ltd. (20%).Sakhalin-1 potential recoverable resources are 2.3 billion barrels of oil and 17.1 trillion cubic feet of gas (or 307 million tons of oil and 485 billion cubic meters of gas).
The Sakhalin-1 Project oil export system was commissioned in August 2006. With the commissioning of the system, the crude produced by the Project is now supplied to international markets, to the greater benefit of the Sakhalin-1 Consortium and the Russian state.