Private company

Salym Petroleum Development

Salym Petroleum Development, established in 1996, (Salym Petroleum Development, Salym Petroleum, SPD) is a joint venture between Gazprom Neft and Shell plc for development of the Salym group of oil.1

Last updated Oct 18, 2026.

Overview

Apr 17, 2003Founded1

Salym Petroleum Development, established in 1996, (Salym Petroleum Development, Salym Petroleum, SPD) is a joint venture between Gazprom Neft and Shell plc for development of the Salym group of oil fields in West Siberia. It is a joint-stock company incorporated under Dutch law (Naamloze vennootschap).2

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.

From Wikipedia’s article on Salym Petroleum Development, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

Timeline

  1. Apr 17, 2003Founded Founded1

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