"Prirazlomnaya" has almost reached the destination

It is worth noting that this – the first Russian project for the extraction of hydrocarbons in the Arctic shelf and the world's first platform, which will work in pack ice and temperatures up to minus 50 degrees. With the help of tugs for eight days, the way "Prirazlomnaya" overcame nearly a thousand kilometers. Captain Sergei MISP Kostroma: "Contrary to the traditional for this time of year the weather in the Barents Sea is almost calm prevailed, and wind force did not exceed 5 meters per second. This allowed the caravan to move with speed, an average of three knots. " "After arriving at their destination, we need a half to two hours on winding the anchor chains and ballasting," – said the captain. He also noted that after this platform will be planted on the seabed at a depth of 20 meters, and its base will enhance the underwater shaft of a hundred tons of rubble in addition to 122 thousand tons have already filled out the underwater caisson construction of concrete ballast, ITAR-TASS. "The transition is completed as planned, without any remarks and incidents. A team of 96 people, located on the platform, testing, support systems, is preparing for the placement of MISP core staff "- said Deputy Director General of Sevmash shipyard which built" Prirazlomnaya "Valery Borodin. This platform is a key element in the development of oil fields "Prirazlomnaya" with recoverable reserves of 46 million tonnes. Shifts out of 200 teams will produce oil and pump oil into tankers in the extreme conditions of the Arctic winter, and the platform set up with the world's best technologies and domestic developments, to resist the highest load. Start production at Prirazlomnoye oil plan in the quarter of 2012. It is expected that at full capacity – seven million tons a year – MISP will be released in seven years.