The supermajorhas been handed the licences to the Vostochno-Kovensky, Tashinsky andLyaminsky-3 blocks in Khanty-Manssiisk district, Russia’s Interfax news agencyreported.
Total has previously said it will look totie-up agreements with Russian oil players to jointly tap the country’s vasttight oil reserves.
In September Total upstream president Yves-LouisDarricarrere said it hopes to make Russia its number one oil and gas-producingcountry by 2020.
“Although today most of our major projects in Russia areconnected with the gas, we are equally interested in oil,” Darricarrere toldRussian newspaper Kommersant at the time.
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