INK has obtained a production license to develop the Angaro-Ilimsky field

The field is located in the Ust’-Udinsky and Bratsky districts of in the Irkutsk region of Eastern Siberia, Russia. License is registered with RosGeolFond on October 18, 2010 as a result of the recent discoveries within the Angaro-Ilimsky license area.
JSC “SNGK” conducted geological surveys and exploration at the Angaro-Ilimsky license area since 2003. Exploration drilling resulted in commercial gas flow rates and four prospective reservoirs were identified.
The State Reserves Committee has approved initial reserves of new field on September 15, 2010 in amount of 33 billion cubic meters of gas. License requirements call for additional drilling of 1 exploration well by 2015 and start of production by 2018.