Speaking to Upstream on the sidelines of the World Petroleum Congress in Moscow, Tatneft executive director Nail Maganov said that up to 12 drilling rigs are currently drilling exploration holes to the north and south of its Ashalchinskoye field to delineate borders of almost two dozen oil sand deposits.
Rapid development of these smaller deposits with heavy viscous oil has become possible after the Russian government removed the oil production tax on oil sands.
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