Exxon Neftegas

Exxon Neftegas Limited (also known as ENL; Russian: Эксон Нефтегаз Лимитед) is a subsidiary of ExxonMobil, an American oil and gas corporation. ENL is the operator of Sakhalin-I Consortium which is involved in exploration and production of oil and gas on Sakhalin Island (Russia) and offshore, in Chayvo, Odoptu and Arkutun-Dagi fields located in the Sea of Okhotsk. The office of ENL is located in the city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

Two Russian, one Japanese and one Indian companies are partners in the consortium.

Company	Interest
ExxonMobil	30%
Sakhalin Oil & Gas Development Co. Ltd.	30%
ONGC Videsh Ltd	20%
Sakhalinmorneftegas-Shelf	11.5%
RN-Astra	8.5%

The project was announced commercial in October 2001. Total reserves are estimated at 2.3 billion barrels (370×10^⁶ m³) of oil and 485 billion cubic metres (17.1 trillion cubic feet) of natural gas. Phase I of the project consists of expansion of Chayvo field onshore processing facility and a 225-kilometre (140 mi) pipeline for transportation of crude oil westward across Sakhalin Island and Tatar Strait to De-Kastri terminal in the Russian Far East. The consortium reached its peak production rate of 250,000 barrels (34,000 metric tonnes) of oil in February 2007.

WWF and other environmental protection NGOs have criticized the consortium for dangers to environment and traditional lifestyle of indigenous population of Sakhalin caused by the production activities.

External links

• ExxonMobil corporate website