The VII International Conference “Russian Offshore Oil and Gas Development: Arctic and Far East” (ROOGD-2018)

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The Gazprom PJSC conference “Russian Offshore Oil and Gas Development: Arctic and Far East” (ROOGD-2018) held in Gazprom VNIIGAZ LLC on November 27 — 28, 2018, brought together 330 leading experts of 112 companies from 5 countries : China, Finland, Germany, Russia, Norway. The Plenary session on Day 1 and six Sessions on Day 2 featured a total of 125 reports covering the following topics :

· Geology & geophysics of offshore fields;

· Development of offshore fields;

· Facility construction & operation of offshore fields;

· Emergency response & rescue support & normative legal regulation while developing of oil-and-gas resources;

· Ensuring industrial & environmental safety on the shelf;

· Two oceans: present and future of the Russian offshore oil & gas production (Youth Session).

Poster session with 6 presentations completed the conference program.

«Development of Offshore Fields: Equipment & Technologies» exhibition ran concurrently within the 2 day conference agenda with ten companies displaying their developments and achievements in offshore oil & gas production related areas. Among the exhibitors were MSU-Geophysics LLC — the partner of the Plenary session, Gazprom Stroytek Salavat JSC — the Bronze sponsor of the conference, Pipeline Systems and Technologies CJSC — the sponsor of the conference.

Welcoming addresses to the ROOGD-2018 conference delegates were sent by:

— the Chairman of the Gazprom’s Management Board Alexey Miller,

— Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, President of interregional public organization «Association of Polar Explorers», the Hero of the Soviet Union, the Hero of the Russian Federation Artur Chilingarov,

 — the Deputy Governor of Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous District-Yugra Alexey Zabozlaev,

— the Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Honorary President of Kurchatov Institute RSC, Deputy Chairman of the conference Programm Committee Evgeny Velikhov.

The Plenary Session devoted to the 40th Anniversary of Gazprom's activities on the continental shelf of the Russian Federation was chaired by Maxim Nedzvetsky, the Deputy Head of the Gazprom’s Department and Director General of Gazprom VNIIGAZ LLC.

Within the framework of the Anniversary part of the event, recognition letters from the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation signed by the Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation Alexander Novak were handed over to the companies’ reperesentatives of Gazprom group and partners of the Company, which showed significant contribution to the development of offshore oil and gas fields of the Russian shelf: Gazprom VNIIGAZ LLC, Gazprom fleet LLC, Gazprom dobycha shelf Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk LLC, Gazprom neft JSC, Gazprom neft shelf LLC, Gazprom dobycha Yamburg LLC, Arktikmorneftegazrazvedka JSC, PO «Sevmash» JSC, Arctic and Antarctic research Institute, CDB ME «Rubin» JSC, Central design Bureau «Corall», Kurchatov Institute NRC, Krylovskiy state scientific center FSUE.

Plenary session featured key presentations by:

— Pavel Sorokin, Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation;

— Victor Ikonnikov, Deputy Chairman of Arkhangelsk Region Government;

— Vadim Petrenko, Head of the Gazprom`s Directorate;

— Heads of relevant Departments, subsidiaries and partner companies of Gazprom PJSC.

The key report on the status and prospects of Gazprom`s activity on the continental shelf of the Russian Federation was presented by the Head of the Gazprom’s Directorate Vadim Petrenko.

Closing Plenary Session finalized Day 2 with summary from Technical Sessions’ chairs bringing insight of the session papers and general discussions held the same day.

The next (VIII) International conference “Russian Offshore Oil and Gas Development: Arctic and Far East” (ROOGD-2020) is scheduled for the 4^th quarter of 2020.