The joint venture is being created on the basis of Meretoyakhaneftegaz, a subsidiary of Gazprom Neft.

As specified in Gazprom, the Tazovskoye field, which was commissioned in June, will become the core of the new production center.

Also, the perimeter of the enterprise will include the development of the Severo-Samburgskoye and Meretoyakhinskoye fields, as well as two Zapadno-Yubileiny license areas.

“The total geological reserves of the new cluster are more than 1 billion tons of oil and about 500 billion cubic meters.

m of gas, ”the company said.

On September 15, Gazprom reported that in 8.5 months in 2021, the company, according to preliminary data, produced 357.7 billion cubic meters.

m of gas - 17.8% (53.9 billion cubic meters) more than last year.

On the domestic market, Gazprom increased supplies by 14.8% (by 21.3 billion cubic meters).