How it started
History
Since 2003, Salym Petroleum Development (SPD) has been involved in the integrated development of three oil fields: West Salym, Upper Salym, and Vadelyp. They are located in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, 120 kilometres (75 mi) southwest of Surgut and 30 kilometres (19 mi) of Salym, respectively. The total recoverable oil reserves were at one point estimated to be 140 million tons, and the total area of licenses is about 2,141.4 kilometres (1,330.6 mi). In the summer of 2006 SPD exceeded an annual production volume 1 million tons, and In 2014 the company produced about 6.55 million tons of oil.
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