Russia Moving Ahead with Vostok Oil Project in Arctic

In his keynote at the Verona Eurasian Economic Forum in Baku, Azerbaijan on Oct. 27, Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin spoke about Russia’s mega Vostok Oil Project. The ambitious project will be a hub for the northern oil fields in the Krasnoyarsk and Yamalo-Nenets regions—13 in total—and encompass the infrastructure needed to take full advantage of the Northern Sea Route for Russia’s growing oil trade.