Aleksandr Ananenkov, deputy chairman of Gazprom’s management committee, apparently made the ambitious statement yesterday, although it has been widely questioned, the Barents Observer said, citing a source referred to as B-port.com.
B-port is a Russian website which aims to integrate business information, and which is based in Murmansk – the expected home port for any Shtokman development.
Field development costs have been put at up to US $20 Bn for the estimated 3.7 Tcm of reserves in the field.
Without the finalisation of international project partners for Shtokman yet, a 2013 start date appears optimistic.
Source: Offshore247.com, July 4, 2007
