Chinese rig to return to Russia’s Kara Sea this summer in hopes of third major find

Two finds by the “Nan Hai Ba Hao” in two years have nearly doubled the size of the Kara Sea’s potential reserves

By Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer May 20, 2019
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Chinese drilling rig Nan Hai Ba Hao is due to begin a third drilling season in the Kara Sea this summer in the hopes of putting a new discovery under its belt and adding to the 35 trillion cubic feet (1 trillion cubic metres) of natural gas it has already discovered in the region.

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