俄罗斯准备耗资1,570亿美元开发北极石油项目

据今日油价10月28日报道称，俄罗斯石油公司正准备领导一项北极油田开发项目，该项目预计耗资1570亿美元（10万亿卢布）。

路透社援引了俄罗斯能源副部长帕维尔·索罗金在上周向媒体宣布Vostok石油项目的价格标签时所发表的讲话，并补充说克里姆林宫已经同意一项减税方案，这将有助于推动北极地区的油气开发。

Vostok石油项目将包括已经投产和尚未开发的油田，俄罗斯石油公司将与合作伙伴独立石油公司共同开发这些油田。俄罗斯财政部税务部门负责人说，仅这个项目的税收减免每年就可能达到约9.4亿美元（600亿卢布）。

然而，Vostok石油项目可能会使俄罗斯的石油日产量增加约200万桶，尽管石油产量并不是联邦GDP的最大贡献者，但仍是出口收入的最大单一贡献者，占比 53.8％。

政府的税收减免肯定会在很大程度上帮助俄罗斯石油公司及其合作伙伴开发北极油田，但仅靠减免税收还远远不够。为了实现这些计划，俄罗斯石油公司还需要外国合作伙伴。

Russian Oil Giant Prepares Massive $157 Billion Arctic Oil Project

Rosneft is preparing to lead an Arctic oil field development project that will cost an estimated $157 billion (10 trillion rubles).

Reuters quoted Russia’s Deputy Energy Minister Pavel Sorokin as announcing the price tag of the Vostok Oil project to media last week, adding that the Kremlin had already agreed align="justify">The Vostok Oil project will include already producing fields as well as untapped align="justify">Yet the Vostok Oil project could add some 2 million bpd to Russia’s overall oil production, which although not the biggest contributor to federal GDP is still the biggest single contributor to export revenues, at 53.8 percent.

The government’s tax relief would certainly go a long way towards helping Rosneft and its partner develop the Arctic fields, but it will not be enough on its own.