UPDATE 1-TNK-BP to invest $10 bln in Arctic oil, pipelines
Dec 14 (Reuters) - Russian oil company TNK-BP , half-owned by BP, will invest up to $10 billion in Arctic oilfield development and construction of a pipeline to link the fields with the export pipeline, the company said on Wednesday.
Russia, the world's top crude producer, is desperate to tap new hydrocarbon resources at the far-flung reaches of the Arctic and East Siberia as its traditional deposits in the West Siberia hinterland are largely depleted.
TNK-BP said it signed an agreement with Russia's oil pipeline monopoly Transneft to deliver oil into the Zapolyarnoye-Purpe pipeline, which will connect the company's Arctic deposits with the China-bound trunk.
The oil reserves and resources of the company's fields in Yamal region are estimated at approximately 5 billion barrels.
The 600 kilometre-long Zapolyarnoye-Purpe pipeline, due to be constructed in 2015-2016, will be part of an oil transportation system connecting Russia's oil exports from the Arctic region with main Eastern and Western routes.
The pipeline is vital for TNK-BP's development of Suzun and Tagul fields. Another link, Purpe-Samotlor, plugs Rosneft's Vankor oil field, which produces around 300,000 barrels per day, into the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean pipeline, slated for China.
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