Shri Dharmendra Pradhan visits Sakhalin oil and processing facilities during hig visit to Russia

New Delhi: Minister of Petroleum and steel Shri Dharmendra Pradhan while on a visit to Russia visited Sakhalin field and processing facilities which is a joint project of India and Russia. ONGC Videsh Limited has 20% stake in Sakhalin-1 project.

 

While sharing pictures of his visit on social media, Minister Pradhan said, “It was my long-standing desire to visit the Sakhalin oil field.Today, had a day-long visit of Sakhalin field and processing facilities. ONGC Videsh Limited has 20% stakes of Sakhalin-1 since 2001, as a part of Late Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s vision of developing energy links with Russia”. During his visit, he expressed happiness on spending time and interacting with the engineers who work in temperatures around,-40 degree celsius in winter.

 

He also visited the Rig “Krechet” which is the biggest and most powerful land rig in the world. It is a covered rig which allows people to work in extreme temperatures (-40° Celsius in winter) and drills up to 14 KM in horizontal drilling.