Mineral
resources
agency
Rosnedra
has
now
approved
the
award
to
Rosneft
of
12
additional
offshore
licences
in
different
parts
of
Russia’s
Arctic
shelf,
including
the
Pechora
Sea,
Kara
Sea,
Chukchi
Sea
and
Laptev
Sea,
the
Barents
Observer
reported,
citing
Russian-language
RBC
Daily.
The
tracts,
apparently
handed
out
without
an
auction
taking
place,
add
to
Rosneft’s
existing
haul
of
29
offshore
blocks
in
the
Russian
Arctic,
which
now
account
for
a
reported
90%
of
its
prospective
resources.
The
company
was
recently
awarded
two
Pechora
Sea
blocks
–
Pomorsky
and
North
Pomorsky
2
–
having
earlier
landed
three
licences,
also
without
a
tender,
for…
