Why Russia is taking another look at Svalbard oil-drilling samples from 1975
At the time when it was drilled, Grumantskaya-1 showed little promise.
September 3, 2019
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Almost 50 years after Soviet oilmen drilled in the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, the Russian government has commissioned a new analysis of those well samples.
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