Russia's Rosneft opens new offshore oil deposit near Sakhalin

• Rosneft  said on Monday it had opened a new offshore oil deposit after exploratory drilling at its East Pribrezhny licence area near the Russian Far East island of Sakhalin.
• The deposit contains reserves of up to 2 million tonnes of oil, according to preliminary estimates.

MOSCOW: Russian oil giant Rosneft  said on Monday it had opened a new offshore oil deposit after exploratory drilling at its East Pribrezhny licence area near the Russian Far East island of Sakhalin.

The deposit contains reserves of up to 2 million tonnes of oil, according to preliminary estimates, Rosneft said.