He spoke about this while speaking at the plenary session of the Far Eastern Energy Forum "Oil and Gas of Sakhalin 2022".

“The volume of oil and condensate production over the seven months of this year has almost halved compared to the same period last year.

And at the moment, oil production has been stopped, ”RIA Novosti quoted the governor as saying.

According to Limarenko, annual oil production will amount to 4.2 million tons, while it was planned to produce 8.9 million tons.

It is specified that gas production under the project has been stopped since September 16, 2022.

Earlier it was reported that the American ExxonMobil stated that it would go to court if Russia did not allow the company to leave the Sakhalin-1 project.